I played because I loved the sport, not for money.

Jim Thorpe

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Jim Thorpe

Born in Oklahoma Territory in 1887, Jim Thorpe was a Native American multi-sport athlete who won both the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, then played professional baseball and football. His Olympic medal stripping and later poverty, followed by posthumous reinstatement, mirrors America's history of racial injustice.

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I cannot decide whether I was well named or not. Many a time the path has gleamed bright for me, and just as often it has been dark and bitter indeed.

Thanks, King.

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