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Jim Thorpe (1887–1953) was a Native American athlete who became one of the most accomplished all-around competitors in modern sport. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, he won gol...
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Jim Thorpe had his Olympic medals stripped after the 1912 Games when it was revealed he had played semipro baseball for pay, violating then-strict amateurism rules. The Internat...
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Jim Thorpe won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. His victories were nullified weeks later after the IOC learned he had be...
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Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medal story centers on the 1912 Stockholm Games, where he won gold in the decathlon and the pentathlon before a controversial disqualification and later p...
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