All the soccer players want to win the FIFA World Cup. This award, from 1930 to 1946, was called Victory. After that, it was renamed to honour the FIFA President Jules Rimet, who in 1929 approved a voting to create this tournament. The Cup was representing Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, and was made of silver, gold plated and marble.
The first Cup was taken by Uruguay in 1930. Brazil was the last country winning the tournament in 1970. That year, the Canarinhos won for the third time the competition and, thanks to the rules, they retained the real trophy. On 19th December of 1983 the Cup, which was guarded in the Brazilian Football Confederation, was stolen. The thieves were convicted but the trophy is still missing.
This was not the only theft. It seems that the trophy was cursed. In 1966, the World Cup was celebrated in England. On Sunday 20th of March, four month before the competition, the Cup was stolen in the Westminster Centre Hall during an exhibition. The dumb thief only stole the trophy but not the stamps, with value of £3 millions.
One week later, far away, in South Norwood, Pickles became a hero. A black and white Collie dog found the trophy, covered by a newspaper, when he was walking with David Corbett, his owner.
England won the Jules Rimet Trophy and the National Team invited Pickles to join them in the celebration. David obtained £6,000 for compensation.
No one knows who the thief was but Pickles and David are, even today, suspects. Nevertheless, Pickles became a star and he starred, the same year, the film The Spy With the Cold Nose. One year later Pickles died.
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