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Who do you consider the best athlete of the century? Michael Phelps? Messi? Michael Jordan? Kobe? Tiger Woods? Usain Bolt? Tom Brady?
Well both the wide world of sports and congress consider Jim Thorpe the athlete of the century. Jim Thorpe is the best athlete you've never heard of.
President Dwight Elsenhower said “Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed. My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw"
Thorpe was awarded All American honors in both 1911 and 1912. He excelled in a number of sports including:
o Basketball
o Lacrosse
o Baseball
o Golf
o Swimming
o Billiards
o Rowing
o Hockey
o Boxing
He won 2 gold medals in the 1912 Olympics. He was:
• Voted America’s Greatest All-Around Male Athlete
• Chosen as greatest football player of the half century in 1950 by an Associated Press poll of sports writers
• Named Greatest American Football Player in history in a 1977 national poll conducted by sports Magazine
• Inducted into:
o The Pennsylvania and Oklahoma Halls of Fame
o The National Indian Hall of Fame
o The National Track and Field Hall of Fame
o The Professional Football Hall of Fame
o The Helms Professional Football Hall of Fame
• ABC's "Wide World of Sports" named him its Athlete of the Century, one of several groups to honor Thorpe alongside other athletic greats at the turn of the century.
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