The 1st president of the NFL.........another one of my former lives.........and I can imagine that all this sounds like I am making it up..............but it is really true.................the only person to win both a decathlon and a pentathlon in the same Olympics.......the King of Sweden is said to have told Jim T................."you sir, are the greatest athlete in the world............"................the King was supposed to give out all the gold medals personally.................

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James Francis Thorpe 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 ...

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Jim Thorpe: The World's Greatest Athlete.

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The Carlisle school was open from 1879 until 1918, it had a large sports program, and Jim was one of its star athletes. THE WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE — Native All American international superstar athlete Jim Thorpe pictured in his Carlisle school Indians football uniform, circa 1920.

Indian Name‎: ‎Wa-Tho-Huck (Bright Path)

Education‎: ‎Carlisle Industrial School‎, Pennsylv...

Nicknames‎: ‎''World's Greatest Athlete''.