Pickles: The Dog That Found the Stolen World Cup
 

Pickles: The Dog That Found the Stolen World Cup
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyM...umbnail-12.jpghttp://rack.3.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...013aed8d66.jpghttp://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...3b7fd07c38.jpg
LONDON — On the after**on of Sunday, March 20, 1966, the World Cup trophy was stolen from central London where it was being exhibited. Despite the presence of two round-the-clock police ******rs in uniform, plus two more undercover ******rs during daylight hours, someone had managed to remove the Jules Rimet trophy from its display case while police ******rs were*circuiting the exhibition hall.

http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyM...81a/Picles.jpg

The Jules Rimet Cup.

Image: Keystone-France/Getty Images



The gold-plated sterling silver and lapis lazuli trophy depicted the Greek goddess Nike, and was named after FIFA president Jules Rimet. *It had been Rimet who, in 1929, had passed the vote initiating the first World Cup competition. Read more...


More about Dogs and World Cuphttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/eQeVIisAxqc