Jim Thorpe
Thorpe with the Canton Bulldogs some time between 1915 and 1920
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| Position: | Back | ||
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| Date of birth: | May 22 or 28, 1887 | ||
| Place of birth: | Near Prague, Oklahoma | ||
| Date of death: | March 28, 1953 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death: | Lomita, California | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||
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| College: | Carlisle | ||
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| Career: | 14–25–2 | ||
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Representing the  United States
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1912 Stockholm | Decathlon |
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1912 Stockholm | Pentathlon |
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Thorpe as a member of the New York Giants
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1913, for the New York Giants | |||
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| September 25, 1919, for the Boston Braves | |||
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| Batting average | .252 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 82 | ||
| Hits | 176 | ||
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James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball. He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals.
Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, and attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where he was a two-time All-American for the school's football team. After his Olympic success in 1912, which included a record score in the decathlon, he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. In 1913, Thorpe signed with the New York Giants, and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919. Thorpe joined the Canton Bulldogs American football team in 1915, helping them win three professional championships; he later played for six teams in the National Football League (NFL). He played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career, and barnstormed as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians.
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