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James Thorpe Strikes Gold and its the...

This Day in American Football History

Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
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EVENTDAY | July 07 | "JAMES THORPE STRIKES GOLD AND ITS THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD!"
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"July 7 Gridiron History"

In this edition, we discuss how a fella named James from Carlisle won Olympic Pentathlon Gold in Stockholm, Sweden, and what that did for his status in life. 
We will provide you with a little bit of football nostalgia. This daily football history segment features the Great events, Franchise formation anniversaries, as well as the birthdays of notable Hall of Fame players, coaches, or anyone else in our great game, and many more Legendary stories of the Gridiron. In this edition, we discuss how a fella named James from Carlisle won Olympic Pentathlon Gold in Stockholm, Sweden, and what that did for his status in life. ..
EVENTDAY | July 07

"Thorpe Wins Olympic Gold"

Our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day comes from the Hallett Herald in Hallett, Oklahoma, on July 8, 1912, when they printed a header of :
AMERICANS ARE IN LEAD This news story is about the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and, in particular, a pentathlon gold medal win by a Carlisle student named James Thorpe on July 7, 1912...

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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
We invite you to take a ride through 1920's sports history in the audio drama that takes the listener through the sounds and legendary events of the era through the eyes of a young newspaper journalist. You will feel like you were there! Brought to you by Number 80 Productions and Pigskin Dispatch _________________________

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