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 * Jim Thorpe**

Jim Thorpe website
 * Known to be the greatest athlete of the 20th Century.
 * He is of Indian decent. His indian name is Wa-Tho-Huk, which means "Bright Path."
 * He was awarded two gold medals from King Gustav V, for his record breaking outcomes in finnishing the pentathon, and decathlon for the 1912 Belgium Olympics.
 * He formed the American Professional Football Assosiation, which later became the NFL.

Playing football for the Carlisle Indian school in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.

Playing for the New York Giants. (Thorpe also played for the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Braves.)

He competed in Track and field at his highschool in Oklahoma.

2009 Jim Thorpe Sports Days on April 23-25."The games are named in honor of American athlete and Olympic champion Jim Thorpe, who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle Barracks from 1904 to 1913 and achieved success in several sports."

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