RIP Pele

[uk 75]

Sometimes a person leaves us who has been around throughout our life and deserved his reputation.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/football/63848421.amp

 

[perttime]

I must confess that I am not a great football fan. But Pelé seems to have been around forever.

 

[Archibald]

I knew the basic facts, but the wikipedia page by itself is worth a read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelé
And then there was Garrincha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrincha

Can somebody please explain how a guy with such ill-suited legs could play football that way ? I mean, he had one leg 2.5 inch shorter than the other, and both leg arched the wrong way around. And still the man did wonders.

btw our very own 1958 WC Pelé - Just Fontaine - is still alive and kicking, aged 89.
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/12/29...autographes-a-mes-petits-enfants-10895282.php