Tag: gold medals
The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century
Jim Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic gold medals in 1913, but it was not because of illegal drugs, cheating, or bribery. It was because of baseball. Thorpe was a Native American from Oklahoma. He went to the Sac and Fox Indian Agency school in Stroud, OK, but dropped out. Later he attended the Carlisle [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 9, 2012, under - Great Depression, News and Events.
Tags: athletes, baseball, gold medals, Jim Thorpe, NFL, Olympics, Pop Warner, Sac and Fox
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