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This name that the natives gave me was Wa-tho-huck. Wa- tho-huck
means "Bright Path" . My parents were part of the Sac and Fox, and had
man ancestors from there. I was born and raised near Prague, Indian
Territory. This Indian Territory is now the state of Oklahoma. I went to
school at Haskell Institute, in Lawrence, Kansas, and at Carlisle Indian
My first year at Carlisle Indian school was in 1907. While attending
the school I displayed outstanding ability in football and track. While I was
playing these sports I won the attention of Pop Warner. At this time he was
Carlisle's coach of these sports. I was the start on the varsity football team .
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American culture. There I was widely recognized as the world's greatest all-around
athlete. However my sports career came to a big
speed bump early in 1913.
My professional baseball career was spent with two teams. People came up with this conclusion after I won both the
pentathlon and the decathlon. I had a few small parts as an actor
in motion pictures. In 1950, nearly 400 American sportswriters and
broadcasters selected me, Jim Thorpe. While playing halfback I
helped our team beat some of the most powerful teams in the country. Although I was highly
recognized for my football skills I also shined in many other sports at
Carlisle such as: track and field, baseball, lacrosse, basketball, ice hockey,
swimming, boxing, tennis, and archery. However I was not a good hitter and not being a good hitter forced
me to retire after 6 years. During World War II I served as a seaman in the U. The Bulldogs where a professional football club from Canton,
Ohio. Later on I was
elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
Again I played halfback on the football team.
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