Pickles: The Dog
That Found the
Stolen World Cup
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.
The Jules Rimet Cup.
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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.
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