Pickles (dog)

Pickles († 1967 in London, United Kingdom) was a black and white mongrel dog, which made ​​headlines worldwide when he the vanished ahead of the 1966 World Cup Jules Rimet Trophy again was taking a walk with his owner David Corbett. Someone had hit him in newspaper and hiding in South Norwood in south London under a bush. The trophy had been a week before publicly exhibited and stolen in the Westminster Central Hall. The perpetrator or perpetrators were never identified.

David Corbett received a reward in the amount of 6,000 pounds and Pickles was invited to a banquet on the occasion of the opening of the World Cup, in which he was allowed to lick the plates of the guests. Pickles and Corbett were months seen in various British television shows and series. Pickles also appeared in the film comedy The spy with the cold nose (The Spy with a Cold Nose, 1966) by Daniel Petrie on. 1967 Pickles died in the hunt for a cat. He was buried in the garden of his master.

2006 Pickles ' story was titled Pickles: filmed by the British television channel ITV The Dog Who Won the World Cup.