Yep, that’s Shep – with just a pinch between his teeth and gums.
“I love soccer. I love tobacco.”
Time to kick our Daily 70s Spot into the net. Here’s another Skoal smokeless tobacco commercial. This one features soccer star, Shep Messing. Messing played for the 1972 U.S. soccer team, the New York Cosmos and the Boston Minutemen, among others. Spot aired in March of 1978.
Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Budweiser Beer ‘When Do you Say Bud?’ #2 (1977)