Jim Thorpe (Wa-tho-huck) — Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

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Jim Thorpe (Wa-tho-huck)

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania · 1888 - 1953

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Jim Thorpe, whose Indian name Wa-tho-huck means "Path lit up at night by a bolt of lightning," was praised by King Gustav at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, as "the greatest athlete in the world."

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