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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny Storm" data-source="post: 1120499" data-attributes="member: 80747"><p>The 1924 Olympics final match in Paris would have been a very bad game to have been a minority supporter...</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia...</p><p><em>During the final between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">France</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team" target="_blank">United States</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombes_Stadium" target="_blank">Colombes Stadium</a>, French fans booed and hissed the American team. French fans threw bottles and rocks onto the field and at American players and officials, wild brawls broke out in the stands, U.S. reserve Gideon Nelson was knocked unconscious after being hit in the face by a walking stick, and French fans invaded the pitch at the final whistle, leaving the police to protect the Americans. At the medal ceremony, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" target="_blank">The Star-Spangled Banner</a> was drowned out by the booing and hissing of French fans, and the American team had to be escorted to their locker room under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_protection" target="_blank">police protection</a>.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny Storm, post: 1120499, member: 80747"] The 1924 Olympics final match in Paris would have been a very bad game to have been a minority supporter... From Wikipedia... [I]During the final between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team']France[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_national_rugby_union_team']United States[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombes_Stadium']Colombes Stadium[/URL], French fans booed and hissed the American team. French fans threw bottles and rocks onto the field and at American players and officials, wild brawls broke out in the stands, U.S. reserve Gideon Nelson was knocked unconscious after being hit in the face by a walking stick, and French fans invaded the pitch at the final whistle, leaving the police to protect the Americans. At the medal ceremony, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner']The Star-Spangled Banner[/URL] was drowned out by the booing and hissing of French fans, and the American team had to be escorted to their locker room under [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_protection']police protection[/URL].[/I] [/QUOTE]
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