Untamed and unbroken, but with a natural athletic aptitude that was incredible. And as he...
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Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner:
[narrating, with a montage of Jim Thorpe participating in such sports as shotput, high jump, hurdles, discus throwing, pole vault, long jump, javelin throwing, and track running]
Watching Thorpe in succeeding weeks was like watching a magnificent young stallion: untamed and unbroken, but with a natural athletic aptitude that was incredible. And as he found the means of expression in sports, the hard shell which had always surrounded him seemed to soften a little. Finally one day, for the first time, Jim found himself facing competition against other college athletes
[narrating, with a montage of Jim Thorpe participating in such sports as shotput, high jump, hurdles, discus throwing, pole vault, long jump, javelin throwing, and track running]
Watching Thorpe in succeeding weeks was like watching a magnificent young stallion: untamed and unbroken, but with a natural athletic aptitude that was incredible. And as he found the means of expression in sports, the hard shell which had always surrounded him seemed to soften a little. Finally one day, for the first time, Jim found himself facing competition against other college athletes
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Watching Thorpe in succeeding weeks
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was like watching a magnificent young stallion
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untamed and unbroken
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but with a natural athletic aptitude that was incredible
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And as he found a means of expression in sports
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the hard shell which had always surrounded him seemed to soften a little
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Finally one day for the first time
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Jim found himself facing competition against other college athletes
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Movie Summary
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
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Glenn S. 'pop' Warner
