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    Jim Thorpe is debatably the best athlete of the 20th century. He was born on May 28th, 1887. Jim's mother had a pair of twin sisters before Jim was born. Unfortunately, they both passed away while they were babies. “He was born to Hiram Thorpe, a farmer, and Mary James, a Pottawatomie Indian and descendant of the last great Sauk and Fox chief Black Hawk, a noted warrior and athlete. Jim was actually born a twin, but his brother Charlie died at the age of nine. His Indian name, Wa-Tho-Huk, translated

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    Jim Thorpe the all time STAR. Jim Thorpe Was a Native American and perhaps the United States greatest Athlete of the twenty century.He was great at basketball and football and the olympics. He won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics but was stripped of his gold medals for the violation of the amateur eligibility rules. Jim Thorpe, Place of birth is Pottawatomie County, OK. he was born in the year of May 28, 1888 and died March 28, 1953, in Lomita, CA. He was a child of Potawatomi

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    Ian Thorpe (1982- present) Ian Thorpe was a great Australian swimmer who not only won multiple awards but donated to charity many times. Ian Thorpe was born in Milperra New South Wales Australia (Sports Reference LLC, 2000-2014) Ian is the youngest in his family with one older sister Christiana With a mum and dad. Ian Thorpe went to east hills boys high school and McGuire university in Sydney. Ian had allergies to chlorine when he was young. But ironically he was able overcome that and become

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    Jim Thorpe is a super hero of sports. He is a man who has a love for sports. He has played many sports, and is a true hero in the sports world. He was not only amazing at track and football, but he was also very good at swimming, lacrosse, basketball, wrestling, golf, and tennis. He was born May 28, 1887, and was born near a town called Prague in Oklahoma. His father was a farmer, and his name was Hiram Thorpe. His mother was a Potawatomi Indian named Mary James. Thorpes Native American name was

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    These Olympic accolades would soon come under fire, however. It was uncovered that Thorpe played professional baseball during his years he did not play football at Carlisle, which was from 1909-1910. Thorpe played in the Eastern Carolina League, for the Rocky Mounts. Playing professional baseball would void Thorpe’s amateur status, which was a requirement of Olympic competitors at the time. Public opinion and the secretary for Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), James Edwards Sullivan were at odds. The

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    Jim Thorpe Biography

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    James Francis Thorpe was born in Prague, Oklahoma. His parents were Hiran P. Thorpe and Charlotte View. He was given the name Wa-Ho-Thuck by his mother, which meant “bright path.” Thorpe had Sac, Fox, and Potawatomi Indian bloodlines, as well as French and Irish roots. In 1913, he married his college girlfriend, Iva Miller. They had four children together before they divorced in 1925. Thorpe remarried to Freeda Kirkpatrick in 1925. They had three children together before they divorce in 1941

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    Thorpe Short Story

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    There was once a God named Thorpe. He was a God that had little power and was very nice. The only problem was that he ate so much. He began to sneak food from the large pantries at night. When it was finally time for their weakly feast, there would be no food left. Thorpe eventually got caught but was spared. Thorpe started stealing food again at night. They began locking the pantry and told him that he could no longer eat with them and would have to find his own food. He ended up becoming lonely

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    Impacts on Thorpe Park

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    an economic depression unemployment rates and decrease in the flow of money into the economy. Thorpe Park will find it exceedingly difficult to earn profits. As a result they reduce their staffs that lead to unemployment. But they only hire seasonal staff who only work 9 months of the year so employees will become unemployed at the end of the 9 months every year. Unemployment is a major influence on Thorpe Park as it will affect its products for example if they are short on staff one person cannot

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    has put Hackett on a prodigious pedestal but yet takes just as much pleasure in seeing those fall from that pedestal. Colman has stated ‘Still, I suppose when we place someone on a pedestal as high as the one we built for Grant and his teammate Ian Thorpe, there is only one way to go.’ Mike Colman – Courier Mail 2017. This statement made by Colman, has put you in a position where you can see that Hackett has fallen, but in this particular article, it was the only statement that Colman made about ‘falling

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    Lilly Rottman History 9 Mr. Hackwelder May 24, 2018 Jim Thorpe: Legendary Athlete Jim Thorpe was a well known Native American athlete. He excelled in American football, baseball, basketball, and even decathlon. He was known worldwide as the “World’s Greatest Athlete”. Thorpe was born in the eighteen-eighties and died in the nineteen fifties. He is not only known for his excellent achievements in sports, but also for his character. Thorpe had a good heart and a strong education. He dealt with

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