Pelé 1940-2022
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wrote on 29 Dec 2022, 22:08 last edited by
First soccer player most Americans heard of.
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I did a report about him in second grade. I'm not sure if it ever received wider acclaim amongst his biographers, but my teacher liked it.
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When I was a kid he had an almost mythical status. He kind of still does for me.
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When I was a kid he had an almost mythical status. He kind of still does for me.
wrote on 29 Dec 2022, 22:36 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Pelé 1940-2022:
When I was a kid he had an almost mythical status. He kind of still does for me.
I was curious so I looked at newspapers from France, Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. You had to scroll pretty far down to find an article not about him, his impact, people’s reactions, etc.
It helps that the editors had plenty of warning and it’s a slow news week.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Pelé 1940-2022:
When I was a kid he had an almost mythical status. He kind of still does for me.
I was curious so I looked at newspapers from France, Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. You had to scroll pretty far down to find an article not about him, his impact, people’s reactions, etc.
It helps that the editors had plenty of warning and it’s a slow news week.
wrote on 29 Dec 2022, 23:00 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Pelé 1940-2022:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Pelé 1940-2022:
When I was a kid he had an almost mythical status. He kind of still does for me.
I was curious so I looked at newspapers from France, Spain, Argentina, and Mexico. You had to scroll pretty far down to find an article not about him, his impact, people’s reactions, etc.
It helps that the editors had plenty of warning and it’s a slow news week.
I guess a similar level of fame to Muhammad Ali, although maybe centered around different countries