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Thorpe signs with the Canton Bulldogs in 1915. They paid him $250 ($6,697 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 Thorpe's debut against the Massillon Tigers.
The team won titles in 1916, 1917, and 1919. Thorpe 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.
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.
Canton, OH
Lattitude: 40.805° N
Longitude: 81.3758° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 40.805° N
Longitude: 81.3758° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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