Jim Thorpe donned discarded, dissimilar and oversized footwear recovered from a rubbish bin, after his shoes were stolen. “My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. Would-be US President Dwight Eisenhower played against him in one season and remembered Thorpe in a 1961 speech: “Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed. “I heard people yelling my name and I couldn’t realise how one fellow could have so many friends,” he remarked. The penalty reeked of racism but he moved on, excelling in basketball, golf, swimming, rowing, hockey, boxing and lacrosse.

Source: The Hindu July 22, 2016 19:41 UTC