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re: Who is the greatest athlete ever from your school?
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:40 am to madmaxvol
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:40 am to madmaxvol
He won both the Pentathlon and the Decathlon in the same Olympics. That has never been done by anyone else in history.
It must be pointed out that the Pentathlon of the 1912 games is not the "modern Pentathlon" we know today. It was just five T&F events put together that weren't apart of the Decathlon.
As a pure runner/jumper Thorpe can't compare to Jesse by any standard. But when you throw in the decathlon part and the fact that Thorpe played both pro football and MLB you have to give Thorpe the edge on versatility.
But for the purposes of this thread Thorpe is the best athlete to come out of Carlisle anyway.
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Jesse Owens won the 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay and long jump in '36
Carl Lewis won the 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay and long jump in '84.
So, Thorpe did something that has never been done since by any athlete in the world. Owens did something that another US athlete did.
It must be pointed out that the Pentathlon of the 1912 games is not the "modern Pentathlon" we know today. It was just five T&F events put together that weren't apart of the Decathlon.
As a pure runner/jumper Thorpe can't compare to Jesse by any standard. But when you throw in the decathlon part and the fact that Thorpe played both pro football and MLB you have to give Thorpe the edge on versatility.
But for the purposes of this thread Thorpe is the best athlete to come out of Carlisle anyway.
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