Quote Originally Posted by soulman101 View Post
Sad news worlds greatest footballer.
Was lucky to see him play in a friendly for Santos v villa during the 3 day week the match was in doubt,but if memory serves me right they got a generator and used only 3 floodlights on.
There was well over 60,000 there and villa had a Scottish kid called Jim Brown who did his best to kick Pele off the pitch.
After one foul he lifted both arms turned round to all the stands, as if to say you have all paid to see me play and this kid has gone out to cripple me.
He didn't score that night, but there was one moment of magic he sold a villa player a dummy then with no back lift hit a shot from the halfway line which just clipped the crossbar.
My dad went to that match Lloyd.

The first great truly world footballing superstar.

Possibly Maradonna and Messi have had a bit more skill and overall talent but if you’re talking about the all time World icon then Pele stands on the same level as Muhammad Ali.

Impossible to separate those two I’d suggest?