Robert W Wheeler

Emmy Award winner Robert W. Wheeler cofounded, with his wife Dr. Florence Ridlon, the Jim Thorpe Foundation and served as its first president. Sports Illustrated credits him with primary responsibility for the restoration of Jim Thorpe's Olympic gold medals in 1982. Wheeler managed public relations for ABC Sports, FOX Sports, and the White House Conference for Children and Youth. In 2022, he and Ridlon were team members of the American Indian nonprofit organization Bright Path Strong, which...See more

Emmy Award winner Robert W. Wheeler cofounded, with his wife Dr. Florence Ridlon, the Jim Thorpe Foundation and served as its first president. Sports Illustrated credits him with primary responsibility for the restoration of Jim Thorpe's Olympic gold medals in 1982. Wheeler managed public relations for ABC Sports, FOX Sports, and the White House Conference for Children and Youth. In 2022, he and Ridlon were team members of the American Indian nonprofit organization Bright Path Strong, which convinced the International Olympic Committee to fully reinstate Jim Thorpe as the sole champion of the pentathlon and decathlon in the 1912 Olympics. See less