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Soccer

Soccer as Wishbone playing Robin Hood
Other name	Wishbone
Species	Canis familiaris
Breed	Jack Russell Terrier
Sex	Male
Born	(1988-05-16)May 16, 1988Connecticut, United States
Died	June 26, 2001(2001-06-26) (aged 13)Princeton, Texas, United States
Resting place	Princeton, Texas, United States
Occupation	Animal actor
Notable role	Wishbone on Wishbone
Years active	1993–2001
Training	Back flip
Owner	Jackie Martin Kaptan
Named after	Soccer ball

Soccer (May 16,[1] 1988 – June 26, 2001) was a Jack Russell Terrier and animal actor.[2] A veteran of many television commercials for such companies as Nike Athletics and Mighty Dog Dog Food, he became famous portraying the talking dog Wishbone in the PBS Kids television series of the same name. Chosen from more than 100 dogs who auditioned for the role, Soccer appeared in almost every episode of the show during its 1995–1998 run. He lived with his trainer, Jackie Martin Kaptan, on the Princeton, Texas, ranch where the Wishbone series was filmed and was buried there after his 2001 death. Soccer, as Wishbone, was considered by many to be one of the most beloved TV dogs of the 1990s.[3] His sire Blencathra Badger[4] was the first winner of the Parson Russell Terrier best of breed prize at Crufts in 1991.[5]

Filmography

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• Wishbone (1995–1997)
• Wishbone's Dog Days of the West (1998)

See also

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• List of individual dogs

References

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1. ^ "World Wide Wishbone". Archived from the original on 16 May 2000.
2. ^ Eskin, Blake (October 21, 2009). "The Exchange: Rick Duffield". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
3. ^ Beck, Ken; Clark, Jim (30 March 2002). The Encyclopedia of TV Pets. Nashville, Tenn.: Rutledge Hill Press. ISBN 978-1-55853-981-5.
4. ^ "Blencathra Badger". Pedigree Database. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
5. ^ Ross, Paul. "The first Parson Russell to take BOB at the Crufts Dog Show 1991". Facebook. Retrieved May 26, 2023.

External links

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• Soccer at IMDb
• Interview with Soccer on the set of Wishbone at the Texas Archive of the Moving Image
• Pedigree Database entry for Willowall Soccer (Blencathra Soccer)

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