Native American Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics. Somebody stole his shoes right before he was set to compete. He simply put on two other shoes someone had tossed in a trash can. They were different sizes, so he had to wear extra socks on one foot to even them out. He went on to win two Gold medals

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Native American Jim Thorpe at the 1912 Olympics. Somebody stole his shoes right before he was set to compete. He simply put on two other shoes someone had tossed in a trash can. They were different sizes, so he had to wear extra socks on one foot to even them out. He went on to win two Gold medals
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- Improvise. Adapt. Overcome
  
  R6S_Caveira_ 24d
  
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- One of the most important athletes in history.
  
  artistwithouttalent 24d
  
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- Didn’t actually get the medals until decades after his death because he’s Native American. Also had never even tried some of the sports he won medals in until the actually olympics. Was also a hell of a football player. Incredible life, suggest reading more about him
  
  Official_PC_Principal 24d
  
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- This guy was kicked out of his football team because they didn't want any "pros" to be in the college level. And he was too good at playing ball that he wasn't able to be in any serious sports till years after he graduated. Like so others can see and learn
  
  uncooked_toast 24d
  
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- The guy that stole them was the dude that was favored to win then found out about jim and tried to sabotage him but failed. Learned that from drunk history while I was high so I'm surprised I remembered.
  
  elRey 23d
  
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- THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME. NOBODY HAS EVEN ATTEMPTED HIS AMAZING FEATS OF ATHLETICS.
  
  JimLeMaster 24d
  
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- bohanbij 24d
  
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- His wife didn’t care about his Native American heritage and wouldn’t let his biological children give him a proper Indian burial on his native land and she instead sold his body to a town in Pennsylvania (renamed) Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. His kids are still in court trying to get back his remains.
  
  theselfishghost 24d
  
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- There's a town named after him in Pennsylvania. He never even visited the town, they just bought his body when he died and built a statue of him so they could rename their shitty town. It's weird shit, I live in the next town over.
  
  DerelictExpress 24d
  
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- Jim Thorpe is from Yale, Oklahoma. And on top of what the post mentioned, he hitchhiked his way to the competition. He lived about 5 miles from my home
  
  SuchAMuckinFess 24d
  
  7 3
- I legit live in the town where he lived. Make this top comment and I’ll prove it
  
  kyleben707070 24d
  
  7 1
- goddamn power move
  
  picsthatmakeyougodhmm 24d
  
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- There is a town dedicated to this man in Pennsylvania (Jim Thorpe, Pa) and it is a hidden gem I’ve been many times in all seasons absolutely captivating 10/10 go check this place out.
  
  chris_dont_dis 24d
  
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- Yeah and now we have old ass lying native Americans who harass catholic kids.......
  
  OFFICE_quotes 24d
  
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- Jim Thorpe was a fucking G. The very first time he went bowling he bowled a 180, which for a first timer is insane
  
  Gen_antonio_de_santa_ana 24d
  
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- Now a days he/she would gone into Twitter hashtag the fuk out everything whine about how terrible his/ her life is and demand the gold be given to it
  
  Johnny_chingas 24d
  
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- I'm not a fan of this kind of content. It's not that it's not interesting, it's just that I didn't come to iFunny to learn about unverified trivia, ya know? Props to the dude for running that, I just don't know if I trust ifunny for this kind of thing to be true.
  
  snazzypotatoes 24d
  
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- “To the man who stole my shoes. Thank you and may my ancestors haunt you and your children’s children”
  
  13246 24d
  
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- He’s got a whole town named after them in pa
  
  The_Realest_Bro_There_Is 23d
  
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- I live right next to Jim Thorpe, big rip
  
  SPTmidnight 24d
  
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- Hey how are we gonna get ya know fuckin iron Jim to not compete? Yeah I know, let’s nick his fucking shoes.
  
  literallyapieceofshit 24d
  
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- We Americans. Simply don’t give a fuck and win that’s our motto
  
  lookerking 24d
  
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- Fucking Legend
  
  Irregular_crisp 24d
  
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- Huge fucking shoutout to Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indians. Look them up, they’re debatably the most important team in football history
  
  BoBandy 24d
  
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- 1912 problems require 1912 solutions
  
  RideWithDanger 24d
  
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- That’s some big dick energy right there
  
  ACDCRocker 24d
  
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- He kind of looks like john cena
  
  CwispyNips 24d
  
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- Imagine being part of a race that's faced so much pain and adversity just to be laughed at by some dumbass white Kentuckians
  
  SpaztasticMan 24d
  
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- _lixdy_ 24d
  
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- Jim Thorpe was a beast
  
  GoodVibesfrench 24d
  
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- Omg he's so sexy! 😍😍😍
  
  IZ_YOU_OK 24d
  
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- The legit GOAT. Pro football HOF, world record decathlon after training like 6 months. Pro baseball player, pro basketball player. The mother fuckn GOAT
  
  Lopaka36 24d
  
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- 1912 problems require 1912 solutions
  
  SoManyEggs 24d
  
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- That's a real native American, not that drum banging loser
  
  Latrel_Blackerton 24d
  
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- HairyAssCheeks 24d
  
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- Jim Thorpe is a legend, and his story should be made into a movie
  
  therefore10 23d
  
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- By that point in time the Indians were used to having all of their shit stolen
  
  ShiftyEye 23d
  
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- Yooo i go up to Jim Thorpe (the town named after him) like every other weekend its beautiful
  
  BigMike25 23d
  
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- Louie zamperini was stabbed in the calves by two other runners behind him that had sharpened their cleats specifically to hurt him because he was the best runner in America for his age
  
  Blaenavon 23d
  
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- Look up Jim Thorpe. Played in the NFL, Olympics and professional baseball and basketball. Guy was just an unreal athlete for his time
  
  SippinonCiroc 23d
  
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- Then they took his medals away because of that wack ass amateurism rule but then this mf reclaimed them in the grave. What a unit.
  
  drake4343 24d
  
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- U.S.A.....U.S.A......U.S.A
  
  illegalizehentai 24d
  
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- and athletes today cry over nonsense
  
  Fluffy_the_Reaper 24d
  
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- Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.
  
  Assimilation 24d
  
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- They did an episode of Drunk History about him with Jason Momoa
  
  Dalyjarose 24d
  
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- When you gotta go help bring in groceries
  
  Washaja 24d
  
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- Dude has one of the strongest jaws I’ve ever seen
  
  Giddyfoot 24d
  
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- They named a town in Pennsylvania after him
  
  lukadoncic77 24d
  
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- Imagine training your entire life to compete at the Olympics and you finally get there, to see a dude wearing a pair of shoes from the trash get two gold medals
  
  its_Bmo_boi 24d
  
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- I go to a native college and we have a gym named after him.
  
  Zion_Sunohara 24d
  
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- That is why they named a town after this super hero.
  
  theRealWitBissel 24d
  
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- Did they steal his shoes to deter him in the race, or just on accident, also if they stole them on purpose was it because of his race?
  
  AK47man03 24d
  
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- Back when men were men. He didn't bitch or whine. He found some shoes and kicked everyone's asses in the race. He's a hero
  
  rogen80 24d
  
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- Modern problems require modern solutions. Or not so modern in this case I guess.... You know what ignore me I'll be over here if you need me...
  
  Panic_in_the_tardis 24d
  
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- He was a amazing athlete, but it didn't get him much money. He died in poverty.
  
  GeneralLee_01 24d
  
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- Drunk history taught me this
  
  DirkG 24d
  
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- I live near the town he’s buried that they named after him Jim Thorpe is a local legend in the Lehigh valley
  
  Liberalismisretardation 24d
  
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- 1912 problems require 1912 solutions
  
  vegetable_loser_Official 24d
  
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- Badass native right there. Used to go to the Haskell gym named after him in Lawrence
  
  At0mic1impact 24d
  
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- Also the 1st runningback ever inducted into the pro football hall of fame (tied with Red Grange) as well and played defensive end on defense. His statue is the 1st thing you see when you enter the pro football hall of fame in Canton.
  
  Theprayingmantis 24d
  
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- This man is truly one of the greatest athletes to ever walk the earth.
  
  ajbug 24d
  
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- Now this is a Native American hero unlike that dip shit who lied about those poor high school kids. #ChiefPantsOnFire
  
  Rickest_Of_The_Ricks 24d
  
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- Not all hero's own shoes
  
  zugzwang123 24d
  
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- So..... basically he’s a fucking legend
  
  Mr_Turner________________ 24d
  
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- Hell yeah Native American represent 💪🏽
  
  peralta 24d
  
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- Big dick energy
  
  LiquidWolf88 24d
  
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- “Come get these groceries”
  
  spongeVRo 24d
  
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- Historic problems require historical solutions
  
  Some_one_else 24d
  
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- HitOrMissIGuessTheyNeverM 18d
  
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- Jim Thorpe was insane he’d basically start every day with a 25 mile run
  
  Stealth_bear 20d
  
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- Also in the NFL hall of fame
  
  Jarrod2 21d
  
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- The same feeling when you win a free-for-all in cod against all the other player who pay to win.
  
  monkeysoldier2 21d
  
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- He went on to be Tarzan
  
  mylife59 21d
  
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- Imagine being the person who threw away those shoes. ...”no ones ever gonna believe me..”
  
  juju312 22d
  
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- There is an entire town in northern Pennsylvania named after this man
  
  LEVIATHIN_HADES 23d
  
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- This... This is why America is # fucking 1
  
  IconicMem 23d
  
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- People are assholes.
  
  FurryEskimo 23d
  
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- Ron Swanson is proud of him.
  
  TwoEyed 23d
  
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- Next he's going to get groceries out the car :D
  
  MERCwItaMoUtH 23d
  
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- There was a drunk history episode about him with Jason Momoa
  
  MiloBats 23d
  
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- “Come help me get the groceries!”
  
  Kew_Knight 23d
  
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- This is my mindset for 2019
  
  SmokinSkatinMountainMan 24d
  
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- FormerFoe 24d
  
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- That is badass as fuck
  
  Crabpeople 24d
  
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- Old problems require old solutions
  
  shbruhaha 24d
  
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- He was one of, if not the first football star. Shame I just learned he was Native American
  
  swaggerific69 24d
  
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- Getting some publicity for my hometown of Jim Thorpe. Thanks iFunny!
  
  bswift_13 24d
  
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- Why does it matter that he's Native American
  
  Explosivo 24d
  
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- I love how this was stolen right off reddit
  
  Our_Lord_And_Savior_Shrek 24d
  
  3 1
- Classic problems require classic solutions
  
  justLevi 24d
  
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- When you beat hackers
  
  DATboiDAT 24d
  
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- That's why the badass has a town named after him. I wemt to jail there. We aren't equal.
  
  BlazeItBoi 24d
  
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- White twinks out here trying to get a little bit of respect from their supremacist dad's be like "other race sucks"
  
  ShamefulFuk 24d
  
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- Google the 1912 Olympics. If I'm thinking of the right one, it's Cleveland and it was a messsss. Super funny to rad about.
  
  StateOfWar 24d
  
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- I bet whoever stole his shoes felt pretty dumb.
  
  SpideyMiles 24d
  
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- Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania!
  
  10leyyy 24d
  
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- You simply cannot stop greatness
  
  haydenvox09 24d
  
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- handsome guy
  
  lytalk 24d
  
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- What a Mad lad
  
  Mjcaboose 24d
  
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- Named the greatest athlete of all time by the king of sweden
  
  madchauvinist 24d
  
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