In 1912, Jim Thorpe, an American Indian, had his running shoes stolen the morning of his Olympic track and field events. He found this mismatched pair of shoes in the garbage and ran in them to win two Olympic gold medals that day.
The King of Sweden called him the Greatest Athlete alive. He went on to play baseball, football and basketball. He was actually the commissioner of football for one year and he is in the NFL hall of fame. Unfortunately he had a tremendous problem with drink after his career in sports was over.
Jim Thorpe's athleticism cannot be overstated. His first tryout for football, the coach didn't want to let him play, so he told Thorpe if he could return a punt for a touchdown he was on the team. The catch was that the punt team had all 11 players, while the return team was only Jim Thorpe. He scored the touchdown by making some players miss, ran over some, and outran the rest.
BicycleOfLife on September 7th, 2019 at 17:59 UTC »
Nike doesn’t want you to know, it’s not the shoes that win.
Just1morefix on September 7th, 2019 at 18:36 UTC »
The King of Sweden called him the Greatest Athlete alive. He went on to play baseball, football and basketball. He was actually the commissioner of football for one year and he is in the NFL hall of fame. Unfortunately he had a tremendous problem with drink after his career in sports was over.
BoneHugsHominy on September 7th, 2019 at 21:20 UTC »
Jim Thorpe's athleticism cannot be overstated. His first tryout for football, the coach didn't want to let him play, so he told Thorpe if he could return a punt for a touchdown he was on the team. The catch was that the punt team had all 11 players, while the return team was only Jim Thorpe. He scored the touchdown by making some players miss, ran over some, and outran the rest.
Edit: thank you u/perplexedonion