Soccer Ball - Hope Cemetery - Barre, VT - Occupational/Hobby Grave Stones on Waymarking.com

In Barre, along VT Route 14, is Hope Cemetery, which has this grave marker featuring a large, exactly made soccer ball.

The cemetery is on the west side of the road, just outside of the city. The grave is near a corner at a junction of paved cemetery roads, in the middle of the cemetery.

The marker is a gray granite structure carved as a soccer ball on a mostly cubic pedestal. The seams are actually grooves in the stone in the hexagon-pentagon pattern common in soccer balls.

Engraved in the ball is the name, "DAVIS." Also engraved is the following text:

"There is no room for second place, there's only one place and that's first place."

On the pedestal is the following on one side:

"Every yesterday-
a dream of happiness
Every tomorrow-
A vision of hope.

[rings]

6-14-69"

On another side,

"Dedication"

then a symbol and dates, Jul. 1, 1972 Dec. 2, 1985

At the base is
"Dec. 25, 1945 Robert M. Dec. 2, 1985
Sept 26, 1946 Harriet B. "
This monument is among many unusual monuments at this cemetery. It is well worth a trip to spend some time.

I cannot find anything about whether soccer was his vocation or avocation. I entered 'hobby' until I find a more definitive answer. Whichever, it must have been a big part of his life.

Source:

Findagrave.com (Robert M. Davis):
(visit link)

Is Gravestone Showing Occupation or Hobby?: Hobby What is depicted occupation or hobby?: Soccer Date of birth: 12/25/1945 Date of death: 12/02/1985 Access hours and days: Cemetery - daylight hours.

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