This ribbon from the 1959 U.S. Figure Skating Championships is from the estate of Bill Hickox, who, with his pair skating partner and sister, Laurie, and the entire U.S. figure skating team—and 71 others—perished on February 15, 1961, when Sabena Airlines Flight #548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships scheduled for Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Category: 1950s
1956 European Figure Skating Medals: Paris to Cortina to Garmisch.
Two medals help to commemorate the annual event, held in Paris for just the second time The 1956 European Figure Skating Championships in Paris were more than just a high-stakes competition—they were a pivotal stop on the road to Olympic and World Championship glory. Concluding just five days before the Olympic Winter Games opened in… Continue reading 1956 European Figure Skating Medals: Paris to Cortina to Garmisch.
1957 World Figure Skating Pins: A Roundup from the Ice Rodeo.
Event pins are a piece of Colorado Springs' long and enduring sporting legacy Some of the finest figure skating pins from World Championships come from events held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the skating mecca in the near-middle portion of the state. It never hurt, either, that those events were held at the famed Broadmoor Ice… Continue reading 1957 World Figure Skating Pins: A Roundup from the Ice Rodeo.
1958 World Figure Skating Pin: Paris en Février.
Event pin is difficult to find but rather unremarkable in design "The City of Light" was site of the 1958 World Figure Skating Championships, held in February of that year at the Palais de Sport, and was marked with a now difficult-to-find pin. Given that Paris always has been a leading center for design and… Continue reading 1958 World Figure Skating Pin: Paris en Février.
1952 European Figure Skating Pins: Vienna Skates for You.
Event was marked by perhaps the only pins ever customized for participants The Blue Danube. Johann Strauss (I and II). Wiener Schnitzel. Sachertorte. The Vienna Philharmonic. Wiener Eislauf-Verein. The Austrian capital of Vienna is well-known for all these things and more, but it is the latter that plays into the 1952 European Figure Skating Championships,… Continue reading 1952 European Figure Skating Pins: Vienna Skates for You.