Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)

Paul Picerni: Man on Speaker's Platform

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Man on Speaker's Platform : [applause]  Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Roy J. Turner, governor of the state of Oklahoma.

  Governor Roy J. Turner : [audience applauds]  Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here this evening to express our pride and pay tribute to a native son of Oklahoma. But I think it is only fitting that I forgo the honor of making this presentation myself, and call upon a great gentleman of whom we are also very proud, even though he is not a native son.

  Governor Roy J. Turner : [the audience laughs]  May I present to you one of the immortals of the world of sports: the greatly beloved Pop Warner.

  [the audience applauds]