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The Backstory: The G.O.A.T. Of All G.O.A.T.S

By Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

September 16, 2025

Who’s the all-time G.O.A.T. in the world of sports? There are a handful of obvious choices… but perhaps the G.O.A.T. of all G.O.A.T.s is a guy who, over a hundred years ago, won Olympic gold and then dominated three professional sports: baseball, football, and basketball. Sadly, Jim Thorpe died broke. But why is a town he never visited named after him? How’d all that happen?

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This story originally appeared in Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND

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