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Soccer icon Pelé dead at 82 after health battles
New York Post ^
| December 19th, 2022
| Don Burke
Posted on 12/29/2022 11:09:11 AM PST by shadowlands1960
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To: shadowlands1960
"Pele is king of the soccer field. To be king of your kitchen, use Crestfield Wax Paper."
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:36:52 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: shadowlands1960
Learned about soccer watching Hartwick College in the 1970’s, a perennial NCAA quarterfinalist team.
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:38:19 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: dfwgator
How much better was this guy than George Best? Or Eusebio?
CA....
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:45:38 AM PST
by
Chances Are
(Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
To: Chances Are
I would put Pele first.
It’s a bit unfair to Best and even Cruyff, because they never won a WC. But I would have those two and then Maradona.
Maybe I would put Messi 5th on the list.
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:47:50 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: shadowlands1960
To: Chances Are
If Ferenc Puskás didn’t have to be in a country behind the Iron Curtain, he probably would have also gotten more consideration for being the GOAT.
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:50:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: shadowlands1960
I would agree with that statement wholeheartedly. As I said on another thread, Pele made me pay attention to, and then love, the beautiful game.
Rest In Peace.
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:50:25 AM PST
by
FamiliarFace
(I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
To: Big Steve
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:54:13 AM PST
by
shadowlands1960
(We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
To: EEGator
Now Brazil has crybabies like Neymar representing them.
I note he got a red card yesterday at his first game back for PSG for diving.
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posted on
12/29/2022 11:56:45 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
LOL, figures.
I forget if I posted it to you, but my only Pele soccer viewing is Victory! with Pele, Stallone, and Caine...
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posted on
12/29/2022 12:03:06 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
I remember that movie. The great Polish player Kaz Deyna (RIP) was also one of the players in that movie.
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posted on
12/29/2022 12:07:38 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Died at 41 y/o, too young.
Good movie.
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posted on
12/29/2022 12:13:10 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: shadowlands1960
"[Six] years later"
should be
"[Eight] years later"
Journalists can't even get simple facts correct.
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posted on
12/29/2022 12:18:44 PM PST
by
matt1234
To: EEGator
Correction, 5 first half, 7-1 overall.
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posted on
12/29/2022 12:27:32 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: shadowlands1960
Legend is right.
He must be great, when even non-fans of the sport know who he is.
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posted on
12/29/2022 1:18:38 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
To: shadowlands1960
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posted on
12/29/2022 1:50:56 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
To: shadowlands1960
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.
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posted on
12/29/2022 3:03:02 PM PST
by
scott7278
(Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
To: shadowlands1960
Pele scored a hatrick in the semifinal of the '58 World Cup, and then two more goals in the final, all at the age of 17. Basically a kid running rings around professionals.
That to me is equivalent to a high-school basketball player scoring 30 points and having a triple-double in games 5, 6, and 7 of the NBA final series.
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posted on
12/29/2022 5:51:10 PM PST
by
PallMal
To: EEGator
Yeah I remember that debacle too. Didn’t watch it with any Brasilians though....
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posted on
12/29/2022 9:44:21 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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