Jules Rimet facts
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An Italian sport official named Ottorino Barassi secretly took the FIFA world cup Jules Rimet trophy from a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoebox in his house, thus saving it during WWII down to the 1950 tournament.
The original FIFA World Cup Trophy was known as the Jules Rimet Trophy. The Brazilian national team was allowed to keep the trophy in perpetuity for winning the world cup 3 times as was stipulated in the contract. In 1983, however, the cup was stolen from its cabinet never to be found again.
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The Jules Rimet Trophy was permanently awarded to any country who won the World Cup three times. When Brazil achieved this after the 1970 World Cup, they were allowed to permanently keep it, however it was stoled in 1983 and has never been fully recovered
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The lyrics to the Three Lions England football song actually say "Jules Rimet still gleaming" not "Jewels remain still gleaming"... a reference to the Jules Rimet trophy - the original name of the World Cup trophy - which the English team won back in 1966.
