Jim Thorpe 1912 Black Shorts Bill Russell He wasn’t an athlete

He wasn’t an athlete

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Jim Thorpe 1912 Black Shorts Bill Russell He wasn’t an athleteHe was the greatest athlete who ever lived. What he had was natural ability. There wasnt anything he couldnt do. All he had to see is someone doing something and he tried itand hed do it better. Abel Kiviat, 1912 Olympic silver medalist, on the great Jim Thorpe Stockholm. Summer of 1912. Jim Thorpe, a Native American who would later be known as the greatest athlete of the 20th century, burst on the scene. Two gold medals in the pentathlon and the