Jim Thorpe

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Jim Thorpe

• Jim Thorpe was born on May 28 1887 near Prague,
  Oklahoma.
• Thorpes native name was Wa-Tho-Huk, meaning The
  Bright Path.
• His fathers name was Hiram Thorpe .

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• Hiram Thorpe had 19 children from five different
  wives !
• Thorpe went to Sac and Fox Indian Agency School .
  
• Thorpe had a twin brother called Charlie .Charlie
  died of pneumonia when he was eight years old.
• Thorpe did not handle his brother's death very
  well . He felt so bad that he ran away from
  school on several occasions .

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• Hiram Thorpe then sent Jim to Haskell Indian
  Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas . He did
  this to stop his son from running away again.
• When his mother died two years later Thorpe felt
  very very sad . He had many arguments with his
  father . And finally he ran away from home to
  work on a horse farm.

• In 1904 Thorpe returned home and joined Carlisle
  Indian Industrial School in Carlisle,
  Pennsylvania Out there he was coached by Glenn
  Scobey "Pop" Warner, one of the best American
  football coaches.

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BY M.ILAMURUGU