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2024 Paris Olympics: Looking back at Jim Thorpe's legendary Olympic and professional sports career
202. Indeed, even legends can’t do it all. If there were ever a historical exception to that, though, it was Jim Thorpe. 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS: Meet the members of Team USA for the 2024 Summer ...
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John Eggers Column: The world's greatest athlete, Jim Thorpe
In 44 games that Jim Thorpe played for Carlisle, he had 53 touchdowns. He would finish this season with 25 touchdowns and 198 ...
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IOC reinstates Jim Thorpe as sole winner of 1912 Stockholm Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reinstated Jim Thorpe as the winner of the Stockholm 1912 Olympics’ decathlon and pentathlon. The decision overturns a controversy that has hung ...
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Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic events
Pro Football Hall of Famer JIM THORPE has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for ...
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Move rekindles to recognize Thorpe's 1912 Olympic achievements
Jim Thorpe is a household name for many sports fans ... when he won both the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. In the following year, however, the International ...
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Happy Birthday, Jim Thorpe! We’re Celebrating by Making His Daughter’s Archives More Accessible Online
The exact date of Jim Thorpe’s birth is unknown, but it is generally believed that the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States—regarded by many as one of the ...
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Why Are Professional Athletes Allowed To Compete in the Olympics? It Wasn't Always That Way
In fact, Olympian Jim Thorpe once had his Olympic medals stripped for accepting money to play semi-professional baseball in ...
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Cat Man‘s Due: Safety is UNLC’s first Thorpe Award semifinalist in 21 years
Jim Thorpe. Thorpe excelled as a running back, passer and kicker on the offensive side of the ball, but also stood out as a ...
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Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association Proudly Reveal the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award 2024 Semifinalists
In addition to his legendary performance on the football field, Thorpe played professional baseball and won Olympic gold ...
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15 NFL players who won gold medals at the Summer Olympics
Let's look at the NFL players who brought home gold for the United States. Jim Thorpe won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon, and the other in decathlon).
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No limits
Thorpe, winner of the 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon and a ... the two small Pennsylvania towns combined into one and was renamed Jim Thorpe.
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The Jim Thorpe Story
We explore the life of the American Indian who was the star of the 1912 Olympics. Show more This special programme explores the sad and controversial life of Jim Thorpe - the American Indian who ...