Berne pele biography

  • The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life and career.
  • The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the twentieth century!
  • The story of a poor boy from Brazil who became the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the most important athletes of the 20th century!

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    Pele: The Autobiography

    Ebook331 pages6 hours

    By Pelé

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    Even people who don't know football know Pelé. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer.

    But how did this man -- a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many others -- become a global icon? Was it just by being the best at what he did, or do people respond to some other quality?

    The world's greatest footballer now gives us the full story of his incredible life and career. Told with his characteristic grace and modesty, but covering all aspects of his playing days and his subsequent careers as politician, international sporting ambassador and cultural icon, PELE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY is an essential volume for all sports fans, and anyone who admires

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    PELÉ, KING OF SOCCER/PELÉ, EL REY DEL FUTBOL

    One of the watershed moments in African-American history—the defeat of James Braddock at the hands of Joe Louis—is here given an earnest picture-book treatment. Despite his lack of athletic ability, Sammy wants desperately to be a great boxer, like his hero, getting boxing lessons from his friend Ernie in exchange for help with schoolwork. However hard he tries, though, Sammy just can’t box, and his father comforts him, reminding him that he doesn’t need to box: Joe Louis has shown him that he “can be the champion at anything [he] want[s].” The high point of this offering is the big fight itself, everyone crowded around the radio in Mister Jake’s general store, the imagined fight scenes played out in soft-edged sepia frames. The main story, however, is so bent on providing Sammy and the reader with object lessons that all subtlety is lost, as Mister Jake, Sammy’s father, and even Ernie hammer home the message. Both text and oil-on-canvas

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    Didi (footballer, born 1928)

    Brazilian footballer (1928–2001)

    For other footballers named Didi, see Didi (disambiguation).

    "Waldir Pereira" redirects here. For the football player born in 1986, see Waldir Lucas Pereira.

    Waldyr Pereira (8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), also known as Didi (Brazilian Portuguese:[dʒiˈdʒi]), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962), winning the latter two.

    An elegant and technical player, Didi was renowned for his range of passing, stamina and technique. He also was a free-kick expert, being famous for inventing the folha seca (dry leaf) dead ball free kicks, notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the ball would swerve downward unexpectedly at a point resulting in a goal.[3][4][5]

    During his career, he was part of Fluminense between the end of the 1940s to the mid-1950s and

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