The series will explore the “forgotten story of the greatest athlete who ever lived,” according to a news release.

Thorpe was a two-way player on those teams. "If we look at the NFL today, there is nobody who does what Jim Thorpe did back in the day," ESPN's Adam Schefter says during the documentary.

From "Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning." Courtesy: A&E Networks. “You know, we’ve advanced so far that we sometimes forget who our underdog heroes were, and he was one of the greatest Americans ...