#OnThisDay 1966: Football’s World Cup is stolen just one day after the exhibition opened on the 19th March at Central Hall in Westminster, London. The solid gold trophy worth £30,000 was a major attraction and two uniformed officers guarded it at all times. It was named after a French lawyer, Jules Rimet who was President of FIFA and initiated the World Cup competition in 1929. The Jules Rimet trophy was on display at the Stampex exhibition and had disappeared from the ‘Sport with Stamps’ collection, during a church service which occurred every Sunday took place in another part of the building. The trophy was eventually found wrapped in an old newspaper and hidden under a hedge, on 27th March by David Corbett and his dog whilst out for a walk in South East London. Brazil was the appointed guardian of the Jules Rimet trophy in 1970 and the trophy was to be kept in Brazil permanently. However, the cup was stolen again in 1983 and has not been recovered since. It is alleged that the £30,000 solid gold Jules Rimet trophy was melted down. Institute of Latin American Studies presents a two day conference exploring the legacy of the British in Brazil on 12th – 13th May 2014. For more information: events.sas.ac.uk/ilas/events/view/15710/The+British+in+Brazil Paternalistic Culture and the Promotion of Leisure in the Regent Palace Hotel, 1918-1939 with speaker Lyanne Holcombe (Kingston University) on 24th March 2014 history.ac.uk/events/browse/15920 Further details on our Sport and Leisure History seminar series for the Spring Term history.ac.uk/events/seminars/248?series=248
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