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**Jim Thorpe [|Jim Thorpe's Official Site]**

 * At the age of 24, Jim Thorpe competed at the 1912 Belgium Olympics and won gold in both the Pentathlon and Decathlon, setting records that would stand for decades.**


 * Thorpe played professional football for the Canton Bulldogs and made $250 a game.

Along with playing football and running track, Jim Thorpe also played proffesional baseball for the New York Giants.

Thorpe went to the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. There he played football and eventually became an All-American.**

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