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| ==Franklin Mt. Pleasant== | | ==Franklin Mt. Pleasant== |
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| #Background
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| #*Seneca Indian from the Niagra Falls, N.Y. area
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| #*The Seneca tribe was part of the Iroquois tribe which created the 6 Nations of the East
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| # Carlisle Indian Industrial School
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| #* Learned to play football, basketball, baseball and ran track
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| #* Was quarterback for the Indian school football team
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| #* Played the piano
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| # Olympics
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| #* On the 1908 Olympic team as a broad jumper which is now known as the long jump
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| #* Unfortunately strained his knee ligaments and could not jump in London
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| #* Despite his knee injuries, he jumped in Europe and defeated the Olympic broad jump champion in Paris
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