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Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe
American athlete Jim Thorpe was considered the world’s best all-around athlete after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon during the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. He is shown here throwing the discus in the 1912 games.
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