It’s quite a sobering consideration that what will follow
apparently constitutes the blog’s 800th post, over the course of its
current eight & a half years' life, but at least such a milestone is
represented by a drawing of one of the very few players’ names that actually registered
at the time of my exposure to the televised coverage of the 1974 World Cup, the
legendary Ronnie Hellström, Sweden’s goalkeeper throughout all six of their
matches at the tournament & who also was selected for inclusion in both the
FKS & Panini collectors’ sticker albums prior to the event.
Previously, Hellström,
an archetypal stylistic ‘Mr 70s’ with his moustache & expansive sideburns,
had appeared in a match at Mexico 1970 & would go on to play at Argentina
1978: a true World Cup icon, appropriately celebrated.
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