graphite & putty eraser, with watercolour pencil/30x21cm
Today’s subject is Arsene Auguste, who was featured in both the FKS
‘Wonderful World of Soccer Stars World Cup 1974’ & Panini ’München 74’, sticker
albums, honoured amongst a most select mere 6-player ‘squad’ representing
minnows (Panini were brutal about this fact) Haiti in the latter.
On a point of visual interest, FKS & Panini featured the same
photographic image upon their respective stickers, but reversed: the original
source for this drawing was the FKS sticker, which might picture Arsene Auguste
as he was or otherwise the mirror image of.
Included in the official Haitian squad for the Finals, Auguste went on
to play twice in the tournament, in Haiti’s matches against Italy (1 – 3) &
Poland (0 – 7) before missing their third & last defeat, to Argentina (1 –
4). He died in 1993, aged 42.
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