Jim Thorpe was a Native American of the Sack and Fox Nation.

He was born in 1887 in what was then known as the Indian Territory

and is today known as the state of Oklahoma.

He excelled at every sport he attempted at every level he played at he played

He played professional football and baseball won two Olympic gold medals and found a place in the football hall of fame

Many consider him the greatest athlete of all time, yet he died in poverty with many of his greatest accomplishments taken from him.

Learn more about Jim Thorpe, one of the world's most gifted athletes, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to go and Any debate about something like who is the greatest athlete of all time is a question that can never be resolved. After all, how do you compare someone with incredible strength

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What about athletes who excel in one sport?

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When people bring up Jim Thorpe in the discussion of the greatest athlete of all time, it isn't because he excelled at one thing.

It is because he excelled at many things, multiple team sports, and multiple individual sports.

Jim Thorpe was born in what was then called the Indian Territory in 1887.

His father was half Irish and half sack and fox. His mother was half Irish and half sack and fox.

His mother was half French and half potawatomy.

Technically, he was not an American citizen when he was born,

as citizenship wasn't extended to all Native Americans at that time. He was raised in the

Sac and Fox tribe and was given the name Watho Huck which means

pathlet by a great flash of lightning. He had a twin brother who died at the age of nine from pneumonia.

He was sent to an Indian boarding school in Kansas where he ran away from school. His mother

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