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Widely regarded as one of soccer’s greatest players, Pelé won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century.
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Brazil’s Pele, centre is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Brazil won the 1970 World Cup soccer final against Italy, 4-1, in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca, Mexico.Credit:AP
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Portrait of Pele in Dubai, 2018.Credit:Sandro Baebler /Hublot via Getty Images
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1970 World Cup against Italy: Brazil defeated Italy 4-1 in the final.
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Brazilian Soccer Legend Pele at Lang Park Brisbane, 1993. Credit:COLIN TOWNSEND
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s soccer legend Pele stand together after Messi was awarded the prize for the soccer player of the year 2011 at the FIFA Ballon d’Or awarding ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland.Credit:MICHAEL PROBST
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Pele Argentinian Diego Maradona at the 2018 FIFA World Cup final draw at the State Kremlin Palace. 2017.Credit:MIKHAIL METZEL
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We are the champions: Hoisting the North American Soccer League trophy aloft with New York Cosmos in 1977. Credit:Corbis
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Pele kicks the ball over his head during a game in 1968.Credit:AP
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Pele with his son, Edson Cholbi Nascimento, in 1999.Credit:Reuters
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Rock star Mick Jagger, left, and model Jerri Hall are grested by soccer star Pele during Academy Awards telecast at New York’s Xenon disco. 1982.Credit:AP Laserphoto
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Johnny Warren with daughter Shannon and Brazilian icon Pele.
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Brazilian soccer legend Pele, right, presents former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks, with a photograph showing Banks saving a header from Pele, right in photo, in the 1970 Mexico Soccer World Cup, 2004.Credit:AP Photo/MAX NASH
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Pele the world’s greatest Soccer player, had some lessons yesterday in boomerang throwing.
Pele was training with his Santos team-mates for today’s match with an Australian XI at the Sports Ground when Stan Roach made his appearance. “I’ve got a boomerang for you,” ‘said Stan to the slightly bewildered Pele. 1972.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Pele, the Brazilian soccer star who is regarded as the world’s number one player, arrives at Mascot. 1972.
Credit:Trevor James Robert Dallen/Fairfax Media
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Pele – Soccer Player, Brazil. 1990.Credit:Fairfax Media
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Pele on left, swaps a Brazilian jersey for an Aussie one with Soccer Australia’s chief executive David Woolley, 2001.Credit:AP Photo/ROB GRIFFITH
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Pele, the greatest name in World Soccer, arrived in Sydney. 1972. Credit:Fairfax Media
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Pele, left, weeps on the shoulder of goalkeeper Gylmar Dos Santos Neves, as Didi stands right, after Brazil’s 5-2 victory over Sweden in the final of the 1958 World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden.Credit:AP
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Throwing a boomerang, when in Sydnye, 1972.Credit:Photographer Unknown
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Pele, 1972.Credit:Fairfax Media
