Jim Thorpe - Native American Olympian hero
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Jim Thorpe - Native American Olympian hero
In 1950, sportswriters from across the United States voted on who they thought was the greatest American athlete of the century but one you might not have heard of shone the brightest: the incomparable Jim Thorpe. Football, baseball, basketball player - he was talented beyond his years and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory ...
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Jim Thorpe Biography
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