In 1950, sportswriters from across the United States voted on who they thought was the greatest American athlete of the century but one you might not have heard of shone the brightest: the incomparable Jim Thorpe. Football, baseball, basketball player – he was talented beyond his years and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory!
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