Front Description
This pin Shows Mickey with a red shirt and his arm upraised. It has Walt Disney master singles tournament written on it.
This cloisonné circular pin is approximately 1 3/16th inches in diameter. It features Mickey Mouse in red shirt, white pants and yellow shows standing on green field. Mickey is holding up his hand upwards in greeting. Behind (taking about 2/3rds of the background) is black. Below Mickey is the following in gold lettering is the following:
WALT DISNEY MASTERS
SINGLES
TOURNAMENT
The back has broach-type clasp. Below the clasp in a box is:
WALT DISNEY
PRODUCTIONS
1970
This pin was created for the inaugural Walt Disney Masters Singles Tournament for lawn bowling in Southern California, the first and only U.S. invitational event accorded sanction by the (then) International Bowling Board.
Walt Disney was an avid lawn bowler and was quoted ". . . there is a certain camaraderie among lawn bowlers not found in any other sport. It is excellent exercise, does not take a whole day of time, and good sportsmanship is always present. Millions of Americans, not just a few thousand, should be on the green, for once a person becomes a member of a club and gets on the green, he will find that his future will be filled with untold pleasures . . . and many added years."
Back Description