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总统邀请买不起门票的索普一同欣赏1932年的洛杉矶奥运会比赛
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世界级的运动员吉姆．索普 (Jim
Thorpe) 于1888年5月28日出生
美式足球当时并没有和职业棒球一样受到欢迎，但是索普却使这项运动成为大家喜爱的运动，并且成为美国职业足球协会 (American Professional Football Association) ，也就是现在的国家足球联盟 (National Football League，NFL) 的第一任运行长。不过，当他的职业球员生涯退出时，索普的生活也因为经济大萧条而陷入困境。他做过各种不同的工作，但是却仍然买不起欣赏1932年洛杉矶奥运会比赛的门票。当总统邀请他一同坐在总统包厢欣赏比赛时，现场有10万5千名观众为他欢呼。索普去世之后，国际奥运委员会才承认他的成就，并且重新颁发奖牌给索普的子女，并且在奥运会记录中再次登录他的名字。你还知道哪些身兼多种运动选手的人呢？问问你的家人，看看他们有没有听过吉姆．索普。
Football was not as popular as baseball back then, but Thorpe helped make it the wildly popular sport it is today and became the first president of the new American Professional Football Association (later the National Football League--NFL). As his professional sports career drew to a close, the Depression proved a hard time for Thorpe. He held a variety of jobs, but he could not afford to buy a ticket to the 1932 Olympic games. When he was invited to sit in the presidential box, a crowd of 105,000 stood to cheer him. After his death, Thorpe was also given back his Olympic medals and his name was reentered into the record books. Can you name other multiple-sports stars? Ask your family if they have heard of Jim Thorpe.
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