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Transcript: SANTORUM RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES JIM THORPE AS ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY
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- May 7, 1999
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 7, 1999
SANTORUM RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES JIM THORPE AS ATHLETE OF THE CENTURY
Washington, DC - May 6, 1999 - U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) introduced
a Senate resolution earlier this week honoring Jim Thorpe as the Athlete
of the Century. "Born to an impoverished family on Sac-and-Fox Indian
land,
Jim Thorpe overcame adverse circumstances to excel as an amateur and
as
a professional in three sports; track and field, football and baseball,
"
said Santorum in a an statement "Thorpe, who was voted `Athlete of
the
First Half of the Century` by the Associated Press almost fifty years
ago,
is the only American athlete ever to excel ...
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