[shadowlands1960]

Legend...

[ifinnegan]

Never heard a bad thing about him.

[dfwgator]

The GOAT. RIP.

[PGR88]

[Red Badger]

Rest in PEACE, Pele!.....................

[combat_boots]

RIP

[shadowlands1960]

My impression of soccer when a kid was that most Americans were hardly aware it existed as a sport outside of HS gym class, until Pele’ came along. He did a lot to popularize the sport in this country.

[Conservat1]

RIP

[Rummyfan]

RIP. The Greatest Soccer Player Ever. He definitely expanded the game’s appeal. All fo Brazil is in mourning I’m sure.

[T.B. Yoits]

[Jimmy Valentine]

I saw him play in Sao Paulo in the 1960s. He was wonderful to watch so totally in control of the ball and so fluid in his movements. Like a seasoned ballet dancer.

[Rummyfan]

It was 1950 and Brazil, appearing in soccer’s World Cup for the first time, had just been beaten by Uruguay.

“My father was crying with a lot of Brazilians,” the man better known as Pelé remembered. “My father used to say, men should be strong. Men doesn’t cry. Then I saw my father cry when Brazil lost the game.

I watched Brasil play The Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinal at a local Brasilian restaurant with the local Brasilian community. Brasil lost and yes, a lot of grown men were in tears.

[nwrep]

The true GOAT as opposed to fake goats like Lebron and some nasty female American gymnast. RIP, Sir Pele.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

RIP.

[dfwgator]

"Pele is king of the soccer field. To be king of your kitchen, use Crestfield Wax Paper."

[1Old Pro]

Learned about soccer watching Hartwick College in the 1970’s, a perennial NCAA quarterfinalist team.

[Big Steve]

This was from the movie Victory. Click link to view.
https://youtu.be/1GHF6GfB4dY

[matt1234]

"[Six] years later"

should be

"[Eight] years later"

Journalists can't even get simple facts correct.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Legend is right.

He must be great, when even non-fans of the sport know who he is.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[scott7278]

Adam Sandler had a comedy album in 1993, and one of the skits was Right Field. He’s awful, and at one point he kicks the baseball, causing a frustrated teammate to yell sarcastically, “Way to kick it in, Pele!”

I thought it was so cool that Pele had such a legacy - he was being referenced over 20 years after his retirement, and young people like me who didn’t even follow soccer got it.