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May 28, 2006

Jim Thorpe

Thorpe was one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, and played basketball and Major League baseball. He lost his Olympic titles, however, when it was discovered that he had played minor league baseball prior to competing, thus violating the amateur status rules, but his medals were later restored to him. Legend has it that Thorpe began his athletic career in what casual way?
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