The creator of the post-1970
World Cup trophy, Milanese sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, died
overnight in his Milan home aged 95.
Gazzaniga won a FIFA worldwide contest in 1970 to replace
the Jules Rimet Trophy that Brazil took home after winning their
third title.
The new trophy, showing two stylized players happily
holding up the world, represented "the joy, exultation and
greatness of athletes at the moment of victory," he said.
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