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Jim Thorpe coach and player 
Jim Thorpe  
coach and player
Oorang Indians Football Practice 
Oorang Indians Football Practice
FULL NAME: Jim Thorpe 
BORN: May 28, 1887 Bellemont, Oklahoma 
DIED: March 28, 1953 

CAREER SUMMARY  
Height: 6'-1" Weight: 190 lbs.  
Position: Halfback 
  • He played for Carlisle Indian School (1907-1908 and 1911-1912), Canton Bulldogs (1915-1920), Cleveland Indians (1921), Oorang Indians (1922-23), Rock Island Independents (1924-5), New York Giants (1925), Canton Bulldogs (1927), Chicago Cardinals (1928)
  • He was the most famous American athlete of the age. He was excellent at every sport he tried 
  • He won the Decathlon and Pentathlon events at 1912 Olympics 
  • He did play major-league baseball from 1913 to 1919 
  • Football was his favorite sport. In 1912, Thorpe scored 25 touchdowns and 198 points in leading his Carlisle Indian School team to a national collegiate championship 
  • Thorpe was selected by the nation's press in 1950 as the most outstanding athlete of the twentieth century 
     

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