The triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe

By Eddie G. Alinea

Oct 12, 2017 8:20 pm

Jim ThorpePHOTO FROMEDDIE ALINEA’S FILE

Today on October 13, 1982, the International Olympic Committee posthumously restored the pair of gold medals won by American athlete Jim Thorpe in pentathlon and decathlon events in the 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm.

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