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mahatmakanejeeves

(62,374 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2025, 10:05 AM Jan 18

On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics.

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• 1983 – Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Thu Jan 18, 2024: On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics.

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On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 OP

The racist IOC basically dreamed up a reason to strip Thorpe of his medals. Aristus Jan 18 #1

Aristus

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1. The racist IOC basically dreamed up a reason to strip Thorpe of his medals.

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Sat Jan 18, 2025, 10:24 AM

Jan 18

Back then, “semi-professional” baseball was just some guys playing ball for five dollars a game and all the beer they could drink.

Thorpe had to support his family. And that didn’t sit well with the IOC, who wanted only wealthy gentleman amateur athletes.

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