Now the family of the Canadian player is trying to sell that ball for "six figures" to the highest bidder.
The ball should be returned to the United States and put on display in the museum of the team who sponsored and supported the most players that participated in that gold-medal game: McPherson, KS. A short documentary detailing the McPherson Globe Refiners' path to the Olympics can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cArL0sgo2cQ.
If you support the return of the 1936 Olympic gold medal basketball game ball to the victors and gold medal champions from McPherson, KS, please sign the petition.
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May 7, 2014
The family holding this ball hostage is trying to cash out on a historic victory that belongs to the McPherson Globe Refiners. I am currently reaching out to sports historians to build a formal case for why this piece of stolen history belongs in a museum instead of a private collection.
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Honestly who tries to make a six-figure payday off of straight up stolen property? The Globe Refiners earned that ball. Send it home.
ridiculous they even have the nerve to sell it. give it back to mcpherson already.
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Now the family of the Canadian player is trying to sell that ball for "six figures" to the highest bidder.
The ball should be returned to the United States and put on display in the museum of the team who sponsored and supported the most players that participated in that gold-medal game: McPherson, KS. A short documentary detailing the McPherson Globe Refiners' path to the Olympics can be seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cArL0sgo2cQ.
If you support the return of the 1936 Olympic gold medal basketball game ball to the victors and gold medal champions from McPherson, KS, please sign the petition.
Updates
May 7, 2014
The family holding this ball hostage is trying to cash out on a historic victory that belongs to the McPherson Globe Refiners. I am currently reaching out to sports historians to build a formal case for why this piece of stolen history belongs in a museum instead of a private collection.
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thats just theft plain and simple. keep history where it belongs in Kansas.
Honestly who tries to make a six-figure payday off of straight up stolen property? The Globe Refiners earned that ball. Send it home.
ridiculous they even have the nerve to sell it. give it back to mcpherson already.
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thats just theft plain and simple. keep history where it belongs in Kansas.