Marilyn Monroe Opens a Soccer Match
Here is the quintessential Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, kicking out the first ball in a soccer game between a combined American Soccer League team and Hapoel FC, from Israel. The match took place on the 12th of May, in the year 1957.
Marilyn is rumored to have had to try the kick three times before photographers could get the exact shots they wanted. Once the actual match started, the Israeli team ended up winning 6-4. but all anyone could talk about afterward was Marilyn’s ferocious kicks! Guess the Israeli team wasn’t the only one scoring some goals on the field.