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.
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1983 Skate America Pin: Not Quite A Kodak Moment.
Pin features a patriotic red, white, and blue design with a striking diagonal background pattern After two years in Lake Placid, New York, the Skate America event moved roughly 280 miles southwest to Rochester in 1983, hosted by the Genesee Figure Skating Club. The mid-October event welcomed skaters from 16 nations, although noticeably absent was… Continue reading 1983 Skate America Pin: Not Quite A Kodak Moment.
US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Early Years.
Collectible lapel pins from US Figure Skating Championships held in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Lapel pins have been around for more than a hundred years—showing up in sports, politics, military, business, religion, education, and more—and some say the origins of pins can be traced to the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896 in… Continue reading US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Early Years.
To the Up-and-Comers. 1959.
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.