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Our beloved Pope was an international sportsman in his younger days, at which sport?
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#34665. Asked by mochyn. (Jun 01 03 5:46 PM)
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Daioni
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Football - I seem to remember reading somewhere that he was a goalkeeper.
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Senior Moments
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There is an urban myth that Pope John Paul II played rugby for Poland: This rumour was apparently started by a 1995 Rugby World Cup program. It maintains that he played for Poland, but the official Vatican web site has (or had) a questions and answers page that addresses this rumour. It says - in answer to a direct question about rugby - that as a youth he played soccer as a goalie. I have to believe the Vatican (in this matter). What's more, I have looked at a number of biographies and haven't seen any mention of his having played rugby.
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Son of The Household Cavalry
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Are you sure that it was not a misprint and he often prays for Poland?
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