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Old 01-26-2012, 10:28 AM
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Default Jim Thorpe gives back his medals

98 years ago today he gave up his 1912 Olympic medals for being paid $25 to play in a semi-pro baseball game.

I remember reading about this as a child, in a Thorpe biography, and being astounded that grown-ups would do something like this (make him give up his medals). Maybe the first adult fvck-up I can remember finding out about.
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