Jim Thorpe the Athlete that wrote his own Rules and Records

Have you ever thought about who you would consider to be the greatest athlete in the world? Well, many people throughout the world have either heard of or would consider a man named Jim Thorpe. Jim Thorpe was like a man on a whole different level than every athlete of his time. Jim Thorpe is the greatest athlete of the twentieth century and will always be remembered that way.

Jim Thorpe had a very rough life. It started from the day he was born to the day he died. Jim was born on an Indian reservation in Prague, Oklahoma. It was the year of 1888, on May 28th, this phenomenal athlete was born. But, what most people don't know is Jim had a twin brother. His twin brother’s name was Charlie Thorpe. His parents had Indian heritage, but were part European and Native American. His mother’s name was Hiram Thorpe and his father’s name was Charlotte Vieux(Biography.com). Now, as a child, Jim would have had a total of ten siblings, but six of them died during childbirth, so that left him with four. One thing his family took great pride in is they were related to the great war chief named Black Hawk of the sac and fox tribe (“Jim Thorpe one of the greatest athletes of all time”). Now, the original tribe was from lands near and in Michigan. The government moved the tribe to a reservation just like many other Indian tribe’s. Now the sac and fox Indian tribes chief's name was Black Hawk. One reason he and his family took great pride in this Indian chief that many people have never heard was, black Hawk tried fighting off the government and started to succeeded but the government’s weapons and military started taking over and beating their tribe and the attempt failed. But many people of the tribe still thought of him as a hero j...

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... have been re-entered into Olympic record books and he is now widely acknowledged as one of the greatest athletes of all time(About.com). But throughout his shorter and memorable life. One thing people just look over completely is the problems he had with racism and segregation especially in the earlier part of his life but he overcame all obstacles and was on top for a very long time.

Jim was an unbelievable athlete and just an overall great person. He silenced many racist people and also set many records at the same time. He was given respect he earned it through everything he did throughout his lifetime. He is the greatest athlete who ever lived and could be the greatest athlete who ever will live. Jim was the greatest athlete of the twentieth century so if you ever think about who the greatest athlete of the twentieth century was you will know the answer.