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1983 and 1987 Ronald Reagan Used Pucks from Washington Capitals and U.S. Hockey Teams Visit to the White House (3) - Dave Chri...
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1983 and 1987 Ronald Reagan Used Pucks from Washington Capitals and U.S. Hockey Teams Visit to the White House (3) - Dave Christian Collection. As referenced in the following articles:http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=40556
http://www.japersrink.com/2014/9/16/6155125/those-times-when-the-capitals-trickled-down-to-the-white-house
The offered trio of pucks were shot on the White House Rose Garden in 1983 and White House lawn in 1987 by president Ronald Reagan during the Washington Capitals and United States Hockey Teams' visit to the Nation's capitol.
Each puck is stamped with the Capitals' team logo, while various notations have been written on them by Dave Christian, in order to identify the event (1983 puck is undated). Letter of provenance from Dave Christian.
The Bill and Dave Christian Collection
It's often said that lightning never strikes twice, but the tale of the Christian family belies that axiom. Both father and son were key figures in two of the most dramatic and glorious underdog tales in the history of American athletics, as members of the United States Olympic Ice Hockey teams of 1960 and 1980. While the latter has become a universally recognized part of our patriotic national folklore under the heading, "The Miracle on Ice," far fewer are aware that the rag-tag band of Davids that slew the Soviet Goliath at Lake Placid was, in point of fact, a sequel to a tale of equivalent improbability and intrigue.
Two decades before son Dave and his 1980 teammates were celebrated as American heroes of Cold War athletics, father Bill Christian, along with his brother Roger, helped the United States claim the top step of the Olympic hockey podium, a climb at Squaw Valley arguably even more arduous than that of the subsequent edition. While both father and son defied the odds to topple the USSR, only the former was required to defeat all four of the top seeds-Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden-en route to Gold.
After the success of partnerships between Heritage Auctions and several key figures of the "Miracle" team-Mike Eruzione, Phil Verchota and the family of deceased Hall of Fame coach Herb Brooks among them-the Christians have employed our services to present their own Olympic treasures to the collecting community. Each lot will be accompanied by a letter of provenance from the applicable member of this elite Olympic genetic line.
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