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Full Name: Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe

Height/Weight: 6'1"; 202 lbs

Jersey Number: 1, 3, 21

Position: Halfback

DOB: May 28, 1888

Birthplace: Prague, Oklahoma

College: Carlisle

Years with the Giants: 1925

Hall of Fame Induction: 1963



JIM THORPE'S BIO
Thorpe played for the Giants during their first season in 1925. He was a charter enshrinee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Thorpe was the biggest name in football at the time that the Giants signed him at the age of 37. He also played for the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Oorang Indians, Toledo Maroons, Rock Island Independents and the Chicago Cardinals. He was the first president of the American Professional Football Association in 1920.
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