| 1888 | Born May 28 near Prague, Oklahoma; mother names him Wa-thohuck, Sauk and Fox for "Bright Path" |
| 1896 | Twin brother, Charles, dies |
| 1898 | Is enrolled in Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas |
| 1901 | Mother dies of blood poisoning |
| 1904 | Enrolls in Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
| 1904 | Father dies of blood poisoning |
| 1907 | Joins the Carlisle varsity track and football teams |
| 1909-10 | Takes time away from Carlisle to go back to Oklahoma; plays minor-league baseball at Rocky Mount and Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| 1911 | Reenrolls at Carlisle; is named first-team All-American by Walter Camp for season with Carlisle Indians football team |
| 1912 | Wins gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon at Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1912 | Named first-team All-American in football for second consecutive year |
| 1913 | Stripped of Olympic titles when news story breaks that he played baseball
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