Jim Thorpe

Date of Birth: 22 May 1887

Country: USA

Biography: Renowned Native American athlete who excelled in the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm but was later stripped of his Olympic medals for having previously received monetary compensation for engaging in professional sport. He later showed up on movie screens as a bit player in westerns.

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