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Chronicles the life of Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe, discussing his gold medal races at the Olympics, his successful football career, the events that caused him to be stripped of his medals and banned from intercollegiate track and football, and impact on American sports' history.
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All American: the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe
2005, John Wiley & Sons
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0471557323 9780471557326
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Table of Contents
American airedale
An incorrigible youngster
Men born shaggy
Oklahoma buckaroo
The "hunchback" play
"White man bathed in red"
"Athletocracy"
"Run fast good"
A perfect football machine
Spreading the wealth
The Olympic idea
Starting halfback
Rocky mount railroader
Marvel of the age
The greatest athlete in the world
All-American
The swindle
A man with no principle
Masters of the white man's game
Afterword : the continuing problem of "amateur" athletics.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.
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