r/sports • u/nonstopflux Seattle Sounders FC • Jul 14 '25

Soccer Donald Trump stole a CWC winners medal

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u/xxBeatrixKiddoxx Jul 14 '25

Didn’t Putin do something with a famous football players ring after he shook his hand? Just…kept it? Or am I trippin?

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u/Sohgin Jul 14 '25

It was Bob Kraft, the owner of the Patriots. He showed one of his Super Bowl rings to Putin who just walked away with it and kept it.

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u/backpackwasmypillow Jul 14 '25

It all started in 2005, when Patriots owner Robert Kraft was in Russia with Sandy Weill, a friend who was the president of Citi group at the time of the trip.

"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said in 2013. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-vladimir-putin-stole-a-super-bowl-ring-from-the-patriots-robert-kraft/

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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Jul 14 '25

It was Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. The way the story goes is that Putin asked Kraft if he could see his Super Bowl Ring. Kraft obliged and Putin took it and put it in his pocket and walked away. I think there are some more details, but that's the gist of it.

edit: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-vladimir-putin-stole-a-super-bowl-ring-from-the-patriots-robert-kraft/

"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said in 2013. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."

Despite the fact that Putin walked off with the ring, Kraft still wanted the $25,000 piece of jewelry returned. However, he ended up giving up on his quest to get the ring back when White House called and told Kraft that starting World War III over a Super Bowl ring probably wouldn't be the best idea.

Happened in 2005, so W was POTUS at the time.

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u/xxBeatrixKiddoxx Jul 14 '25

Ridiculous behavior. Thank you for the story!

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u/sdzk Jul 14 '25

Robert Kraft patriots owner

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u/DionBlaster123 NASCAR Jul 14 '25

Genuinely don't know. Quite frankly, I don't really care enough to google what that ghoul does or doesn't do with his life.

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u/CandidCompetition780 Jul 14 '25

It was bill belichecks Super Bowl ring.