|
|
|
Trading Pins If you ever go to an
international sporting competition such as the Olympics or Soccer's
World Cup, the collecting and trading of pins, buttons and pendants is
one of the great past-times of fans.
Kids in Europe were willing to
trade away their life long collections to Canadian hockey players and
the 3000 fans who accompanied them. In many cases the Canadians didn't
have pins to trade in return, but the kids would gladly trade for
something as simple chewing gum, or pens.
In a 1972 Vancouver Sun
column, Jim Taylor wrote about a 12 year old kid from Moscow who had
"a set of about every imaginable pin" and he was ready to
trade everything. Canadian forward Bobby Clarke became entranced by the
collection and simply had to have the set. The two entered into
negotiations.
On the way back to the hotel,
Clarke was seen admiring his new collection of various pins. One fellow
asked him what he had to give up in order to get all those pins.
"Panty hose" replied
Clarke.
Now there is a chance that
Clarke was telling the man a ruse, and that Taylor, as reputable a
journalist as there ever has been, just thought the story was too funny
to not publish.
But there is also a chance
that the story is true. Which makes one wonder where Bobby Clarke got
the panty hose from?!
(Note: Canadian players were
accompanied by family members on the trip to Moscow - usually wives and
girlfriends).
|
||
|
|
