BREAKING: Pelé has died at 82. The soccer star rose from humble beginnings in Brazil to become one of the sport's best players ever — dazzling fans, teammates and competitors alike.
including three World Cup titles — more than any other player in history — and over 1,200 goals, Pelé became known for his flair and unpredictability. He would blow past his opponents by dribbling the ball off their shins. He was also a playmaker and one of the early pioneers of the bicycle kick, a leap upward at an airborne ball to rocket it backwards.
At the gym at Santos, he added judo and karate to workouts. His teammate Mengálvio Figueiró said most players as talented as Pelé didn't worry so much about physical conditioning, but Pelé"ran to the front of the line to do laps around the field."that he tried to follow a lesson from his father:"If you be focused, if you have good health – nobody's gonna stop you.
One Pelé goal that blew past six defenders and inspired a near-two minute standing ovation in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium moved a sportswriter not only to recount it in newsprint, but also to arrange for a commemorative plaque to be affixed to the sporting arena, birthing a Brazilian expression for any gorgeously executed feat:"plaque-worthy goal.
Until the 1958 victory, that is, when"people started to see Black players through the talent of Pelé." Marcelo Barreto says that today, Brazilians are starting to judge athletes more for the political implications of their actions."We are slowly beginning to understand that it's not only soccer. That soccer is not separated from our society, from our life."
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