| BILL BEAUMONT PLAYER OF THE YEAR BOOT |
 
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| Purchased in December 2008 at a 'celebrity cash in the attic
auction' is this Rugby World - Adidas Golden Boot award. The boot was
awarded to Bill Beaumont OBE as the 'Player of the Year' for England. We
have found two years in which Bill won this award, 1978 and 1980, on both
occasions Roger Uttley picked up the award for him. The award was
voted for by the readers of Rugby World. The 'Celebrity Cash in the Attic' programme
was first aired on BBC2 on 3rd February 2009. The boot is a normal
'Adidas' boot that has been plated with a gold colour metal, possibly gold
leaf. The awards ceremony was held at the Painter's Hall (1978) and Café Royal
(1980) in London.
Need to know more about the rugby boot - visit our 'Development of the Rugby Boot' exhibition held in London, November 2007. For instance did you know that...................... The
earliest recorded ‘football’ boots were listed in the wardrobe of
King Henry VIII. They were made by his shoemaker Cornelius Johnson at a
cost of 4 shillings. -
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1526 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS EXHIBITION
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