Pelé, the greatest footballer of all time, died in São Paulo today at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with colon cancer.
I plan to update this post with some lengthier observations, and please leave your own tributes in the comments; I’ll include as many of them as I can. In the meantime, I can suggest a few assorted pieces of reading and viewing.
The Ringer’s Brian Philips dedicated the last episode of his 22 Goals podcast to Pelé and his famous goal in the 1958 World Cup final, the one this blog chose as the greatest Seleção goal of all time. Pelé also features in the penultimate episode, about Carlos Alberto’s goal in the 1970 final.
Netflix’s documentary Pelé combined some wonderful historical footage with an honest look at the man as he was in the throes of old age.
And here’s Pelé with his Argentine counterpart Diego Maradona—himself also deceased not terribly long ago—putting aside (well, somewhat) the question of who’s the greatest to have a little fun together.
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