The Jules Rimet Trophy has been stolen twice:
The World Cup is a solid gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two different trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970 and thereafter the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day. The current trophy is one of the most expensive trophies in sporting history and is valued at $20,000,000.
Jules Rimet was a French football administrator who was the 3rd President of FIFA, serving from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years. He also served as the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942.
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Abel Lafleur was a French sculptor who designed and made the FIFA World Cup trophy, first simply called 'Coupe du Monde', later renamed the Jules Rimet Trophy.
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The following are events in 1873 which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules.
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Pickles was a black and white collie dog, known for his role in finding the stolen Jules Rimet Trophy in March 1966, four months before the 1966 FIFA World Cup was scheduled to kick off in England.
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The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the football World Cup, was stolen in 1966 prior to the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England. The trophy was later recovered by a dog named Pickles who was later commended and gained a cult following for his heroism. One man was convicted for being involved but other possible culprits are still unknown. The trophy was eventually won by the hosting team England.
Ottorino Barassi was an Italian sports official.
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Theuley is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
The 1970 FIFA World Cup final was held on Sunday, 21 June, in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. This final, between Brazil and Italy, marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.
Maurice Taylor Bunyan was an English football player and manager active primarily in Belgium and France.
The Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), also known as the Challenge Jules‒Rimet, was the highest tier of amateur football in France from 1935 to 1971. It was organized by the French Football Federation.
The Jules Rimet Prize is a literary prize created in 2012 at the initiative of the association "Jules Rimet - Sport et Culture", which aims to "establish, in the spirit of the work of Jules Rimet, any action likely to ensure the promotion of the combined values of sport and culture".
The Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen for the second time in 1983. Unlike the first theft in 1966, the trophy has never been recovered.