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James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path";[2] May 22 or 28,[3] 1887 – March 28, 1953)[4] was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics. Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won two Olympic gold medals in the 1912 Summer Olympics (one in classic pentathlon and the other in decathlon). He also played football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and professional 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 contemporary amateurism rules. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals with replicas, after ruling that the decision to strip him of his medals fell outside of the req

Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American athlete (1887–1953) This article is about the American athlete. For other uses, see Jim Thorpe (disambiguation) . "Bright Path" redirects here. For other uses, see Bright Path (disambiguation) . {{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Dawn |title=Indiana Thanksgiving football game gave legendary Jim Thorpe chance for revenge |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/11/28/how-jim-thorpe-got-revenge-indiana-thanksgiving-football-game/4325196002/ |work=USA Today |date=November 28, 2019 |access-date=August 2

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