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Winning Olympic Gold Wearing Different Sized Shoes Found in a Dumpster - The Amazing Jim Thorpe (2019x157)
: 14, 2019
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In this video:
When people make lists of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, they are populated with the usual suspects: Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams, Wayne Gretzky, Jim Brown, Pele… but there is one name that should always make the list even though many people, even the biggest sports fans, may not recognize it, or if they do, they know little about the man- Jim Thorpe.
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Sources:
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/bio/bio.html
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thorpji01.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1912_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_decathlon
http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/100-years-of-the-decathlon-iaaf-centenary
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/08/08/bc.olympics.athletics.thorpe/
http://www.olympics30.com/30greatest/jim-thorpe-hero.asp
http://espn.go.com/sportscent