Jim thorpe

Jim Thorpe was an absolutely amazing athlete. He was a professional football player, professional baseball player, professional basketball player, double Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon (which he won be 700 points) and the pentathlon, he placed fourth in high jump and seventh in long jump. Jim was born may 28, 1888, he was a native American and was raised as a Sac and Fox. Although he was such an incredible athlete he had to deal with a lot of racism and discrimination throughout his life. He was an Indian in a white power time in the United States, if he weren't so incredible he would have gone no where. On top of that when Thorpe was young his brother died of pneumonia and he ran away a few times. His mother sent him to Haskel Indian Nations University in Kansas, a boarding school so that he would not run away anymore. His mother died two years later while giving birth to a child so Jim came home. He got into a fight with his father and moved away to work on a horse ranch. He returned to his father two years later and returned to school again, this time he attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. This is where he met his biggest influence, football coach Pop Warner. Later that year Jim's father died from gangrene poisoning in a hunting accident. Jim dropped out of school again. He went back to farm to work for a few years, until he returned to Charlisle to kick off is sporting career. In 1950, a Press poll of nearly 400 sportswriters and broadcasters voted Thorpe the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. In 1999, the Associated Press placed him third on their list of athletes of the century list behind Babe Ruth and Micheal Jordan, and ESPN ranked him seventh on their list of North American athletes of the century. On top of that, on May 27, 1999 the United States House of Representatives passed resolution 198 declaring Thorpe "America's athlete of the century".
In 1911 Jim would gain nationwide attention playing football for Carlisle when he scored all of his team's points—four field goals and a touchdown—in an 18-15 upset of Harvard.His team finished the season 11–1. The following year, he led Carlisle to the national collegiate championship, scoring 25 touchdowns and 198 points. And that was only football...

Jim Thorpe is an unbelievable individual. He was amazing at every thing he did, at the international level too. In my opinion he is the most athletic man of all time, that i have heard of.