Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian.
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In 1912 he participated in the Olympic Games in Stockholm, winning both the decathlon and pentathlon.
At Carlisle he led the football team to victories over some of the nation\'s best college teams-Army, Navy, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska.
After attending the Sac and Fox agency school and Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, he transferred to Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
Born in 1888 in Oklahoma Territory, Jim Thorpe was a Sac and Fox Indian