Título: Jim Thorpe
Seção: Baseball, football, and basketball
Background: Information about Thorpe's birth, name and ethnic background varies widely. He was baptized "Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe" in the Catholic Church. Thorpe was born in Indian Territory of the United States (later Oklahoma), but no birth certificate has been found. He was generally considered to have been born on May 22, 1887, near the town of Prague, Oklahoma.

Conteúdo: Thorpe signed with the New York Giants baseball club in 1913 and played sporadically with them as an outfielder for three seasons. After playing in the minor leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1916, he returned to the Giants in 1917 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season. In the "double no-hitter" between Fred Toney of the Reds and Hippo Vaughn of the Chicago Cubs, Thorpe drove in the winning run in the 10th inning. Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for them in 1918 before being traded to the Boston Braves on May 21, 1919, for Pat Ragan. In his career, he amassed 91 runs scored, 82 runs batted in and a .252 batting average over 289 games. He continued to play minor league baseball until 1922.  But Thorpe had not abandoned football either. He first played professional football in 1913 as a member of the Indiana-based Pine Village Pros, a team that had a several-season winning streak against local teams during the 1910s. He then signed with the Canton Bulldogs in 1915. They paid him $250 ($6,048 today) a game, a tremendous wage at the time. Before signing him Canton was averaging 1,200 fans a game, but 8,000 showed up for his debut against the Massillon Tigers. The team won titles in 1916, 1917, and 1919. He reportedly ended the 1919 championship game by kicking a wind-assisted 95-yard punt from his team's own 5-yard line, effectively putting the game out of reach. In 1920, the Bulldogs were one of 14 teams to 

user: What teams did Jim Thorpe play Baseball for?

assistant: New York Giants baseball club

user: What teams did Jim Thorpe play football for?

assistant: After playing in the minor leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1916, he returned to the Giants in 1917 but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season.

user: When did Jim Thorpe stop playing Baseball?

assistant: He continued to play minor league baseball until 1922.

user: Did Jim Thorpe play Basketball?

assistant: Until 2005, most of Thorpe's biographers were unaware of his basketball career until a ticket that documented his time in professional basketball was discovered in an old book that year.

user: When did Jim Thorpe play professional Basketball

assistant: he was the main feature of the "World Famous Indians" of LaRue, a traveling basketball team. "Jim Thorpe's world famous Indians" barnstormed for at least two years (1927-28)

user: Did Jim Thorpe play football?

assistant: He first played professional football in 1913

user: Where did Jim Thorpe play professional football?

assistant: as a member of the Indiana-based Pine Village Pros,

user: Did Jim Thorpe play professional football anywhere else?

assistant: He then signed with the Canton Bulldogs in 1915.

user: When did Jim Thorpe next switch football teams or stop playing football?

assistant: He retired from professional football at age 41, having played 52 NFL games for six teams from 1920 to 1928.