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Lecture Date: February 20, 2014 Jim Thorpe (1887-1953) was the greatest multi-sport athlete the world has ever seen – and likely to remain so as sports since his heyday have been marked by an irreversible movement to specialize. One of the best collegiate football players when the sport was in its infancy, twice an […]http://umwwebmaster.wpengine.com/greatlives/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/01/Jim-Thorpe.png