Rocked by an unproven betting scandal, the professional game needed a bright new star to light its way. It would find that unlikely star in a Sac-and-Fox Native American known as Wa-Tho-Huk, Path Lit by Great Flash of Lightning. Better known as Jim Thorpe, All-American, he would soon show the world he was not just the greatest football player of his day, but arguably the greatest athlete of all time.

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