Joseph Dines a rare 1912 Olympic Football gold medal
Estimated Price:
£10,000 - £15,000
Joseph Dines a rare 1912 Olympic Football gold medal, struck in silver-gilt (as usual for 1912 1st Place team awards), designed by Erik Lindberg and Bertram Mackennal, two maidens crowning a victorious athlete, the reverse inscribed OLYMPISKA SPELEN STOCKHOLM, 1913, 35mm, surface scratches and some rubbingThe above medal was awarded to Joseph Dines, he represented Great Britain as part of the England national amateur football team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament, he played all three matches. Dines was born in Norfolk, where he worked as a school teacher alongside playing local football in the town. Dines later played for local club Ilford, he resisted attempts to become a professional, however played for Liverpool, Millwall and featured for Norwich City and Woolwich Arsenal's reserves. During the World War I, he served in the AOC, the Middlesex Regiment, the Machine Gun Corps He was killed, aged 31, in at the Western Front.United Kingdom won back-to-back gold medals, by defeating Denmark 4-2 in the gold medal match played on 4th July 1912 at the Olympic Stadium