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| Jim Thorpe
1972 - Football/Baseball/Track - Sac & Fox
DATE OF BIRTH: May 28, 1888
- BIRTH PLACE: Prague, Oklahoma
- TRIBE: Potawatomi/Sac & Fox
- EDUCATION: Carlisle Indian School
Cumberland Valley College
- SPORTS DATA: Track and Field/Football/Baseball
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- College Athletic Achievements:
- All-American halfback – Carlisle 1908
- All-American halfback – Carlisle 1911
- All-American halfback – Carlisle 1912
- Gold Medal winner in the Pentathlon and the Decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games
- Voted All-Pac 10 Second Team (Portland, Oregon)
- Voted All-Pac 10 Honorable mention (Coaches Poll)
- Played in 41st Annual Hula Bowl, Hawaii
- Drafted by Bengals – Played in 3 Strike Games
- 1988 Signed as Free Agent with Buccaneers for 2 ½ years
- 1991 Signed with NY/NJ Knights North American East Division
Champions as an Offensive Lineman
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