Return of the Gold
July 15, 2022 - The International Olympic Committee announced that it was fully reinstating Jim Thorpe...
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
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"Return of the Gold"
Last updated 📅 2025-07-15
July 15, 2022 - The International Olympic Committee announced that it was fully reinstating Jim Thorpe as the sole Gold Medal winner in two events that were stripped from him in 1913 from the 1912 Olympics, for allegedly playing baseball in 1910 and getting paid for housing /food expenses.
For over a century, Thorpe's Olympic honor had been tarnished.
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- EVENTDAY: July 15
- FOOTBALL NAME: Thorpe Jim
- SPORTS: Olympics
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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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