Jim Thorpe's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events
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Native American Jim Thorpe at the Olympics Somebody stole his shoes right before he was set to compete He simply put on two other shoes someone had tossed in a trash can They were different sizes, so he had to wear extra socks on one foot to even them out He went on to win two Gold medals
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Jim Thorpe one of the greatest athletes of modern history Indian name Bright Path at the Summer Olympics
in 1912
wins the Olympic Decathlon with mismatched shoes he dug out of the trash becoming the first ever American Indian medalist
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in Stockholm
photographed at the Olympics in Sweden
He competed in the decathlon & pentathlon wearing mismatched shoes one of which he picked out of a trash can after his original pair were stolen He won gold medals in both events
in 1912
Jim Thorpe First Native American Olympic Gold Metal Winner pro footballbasketballbaseball player beefcake
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