International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 34
MOORE BOBBY: (1941-1993) English Footballer, Captain of the England World Cup winning team, 1966. Rare A.L.S., Bobby Moore, on the verso of a slim oblong 8vo colour picture postcard showing two views of the Guadalajara Hilton hotel in Mexico, n.p. (Jalisco, Mexico), n.d. (June 1970), to Mrs. Kynaston in Manchester. Moore thanks his correspondent for her letter, which he greatly appreciated, and comments `Hoping to bring the cup back to England for all the folks at home`. Some light overall age wear and creasing, G The year 1970 was a bittersweet, mixed and eventful one for Moore. He was again named as captain for the 1970 World Cup but there was heavy disruption to preparations when an attempt was made to implicate Moore in the theft of a bracelet from a jeweller in Bogotá, Colombia, where England were involved in a warm-up game. A young assistant had claimed that Moore had removed the bracelet from the hotel shop without paying for it. There was no doubt that Moore was in the shop-he had gone in with Bobby Charlton to look for a gift for Charlton`s wife. The accusation was not proved. Moore was arrested and then released, he then travelled with the England team to play another match winning his 80th cap, and England were 2-0 victors, but when the team plane stopped back in Colombia on the return to Mexico, Moore was detained and placed under four days of house arrest. Diplomatic pressure, plus the obvious weakness of the evidence, eventually saw the case dropped entirely, and an exonerated Moore returned toMexico to rejoin the squad and prepare for the World Cup.
