Jim+Thorpe

Jim Thorpe is generally reconized for his title of "Worlds Greatest Athlete".But many don't realize he had many troubling events before that.He had multiple family deaths,terrible homesickness,and even had his olympic medals taken away.That is what made Jim Thorpe a perservering person.

Terrible homesickness was one of Thorpe's strongest troubles.These troubles were mostly prevented when he was sent off to school.The homesickness was so severe,one day he even ran all the way home.He eventually went to public school (so he'd be closer to home) when his mother died.

The death of Thorpe's mother was only one of the troubling deaths that him and his family faced.Another death was his twin brother,Charlie who died of multiple sicknesses at age 9.And sadly,yet another death struck his family,when one of his sons died of a influenza epidemic at a very young age.After all those losses,Jim had one thing he knew would never go away.Sports.And they didn't.Even though he won olympic medals,they were taken away.After finding out he played semi professianal baseball,his medals were taken away shortly after he got them.Jim was still great at sports,and still had won both the Decathelon(an olympic event with ten activities) and Pentathlon (an olympic event with five activities) although he has no medals to prove it,the books do.So after Jim's many troubles,he was titled "The Worlds Greatest Athlete".

Jim Thorpe, the worlds gretatest athlete was born in a 1-2 room cabin on an native american reserve.He battled both home sickness and family deaths at a young age,and later had his olympic medals taken away.With all those challenges,Jim Thorpe was still "The Worlds Greatest Athlete".

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 //Decathalon//. (n.d.). Retrieved from en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/decathalon

//Pentathalon//. (n.d.). Retrieved from [|en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/pentathalon]

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