Soccer the Dog

Soccer was a Jack Russell Terrier and animal actor 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 19951998 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 His sire Blencathra Badger was the first winner of the Parson Russell Terrier best of breed prize at Crufts in 1991