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  1.                                  In 1950, Jim was voted 
  2.                                  the greatest athlete of the 
  3.                                  first half of the 20th century
  4.                                  by sportswriters in a poll
  5.                                  by the Associated Press.
  6. He died in 1953 and is buried in Jim Thorpe,
  7. Pennsylvania. In 1963, he became the first
  8. player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of
  9. Fame. 
  10.