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...Jules Rimet Cup, named after the FIFA president who during the years of World War II did everything possible to keep soccer alive, has never been in the hands of an American...
...international wrangles, but none of them was as chockful of noisy discord as the international meeting which drew to a roaring close last week in Bern's Wankdorf Stadium. Before 55,000 wildly yelling fans, teams from 16 different countries wound up the international competition for the Jules Rimet Cup, the world's highest soccer prize...
Contested every four years, the Rimet Cup in prewar years used to travel between Latin America and Italy. In 1950 Brazil got into the finals but lost out to Uruguay. Brazil promptly went into a week of mourning. This year the Brazilians were out to cop the cup. The team they had to beat: the lithe and husky Hungarians, 1952 Olympic champions and the hottest team out of Budapest since the Gabor sisters...
...State doctors from the Institute for Sport Hygiene check up on training, state coaches work overtime to turn out well-drilled scoring machines. The fine eleven beat Britain's best in Budapest last May, soon after breezed into Bern and swept easily into the quarter finals for the Rimet Cup. Last week the Hungarians came up against the supercharged Brazilians...
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