Things you must know about Pele
Updated On: 31 December, 2022 07:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Pele was an idol to countless footballers and fans. But whom did Pele idolise? It was a player called Zizinho, who rose to fame in the 1950 World Cup
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Pele waves to fans at the 1995 Pan American Games in Argentina. Pic/AFP
After the victorious Brazil team returned to the team hotel after beating Italy in the 1970 World Cup final at Mexico, Pele didn’t join in the lobby celebrations. Instead, he went up to his room and prayed. “I felt a more important responsibility and that was my duty towards God. I thanked him for our health; I thanked him for the health of our opponents. I asked for a safe journey home, for all who had participated in the tournament. And then I had to stop, because my room was being invaded,” he wrote in Pele: My Life and the Beautiful Game.
In the same book, Pele explained his decision in granting pre-final interviews to the media only because he hoped his positive views would be read by his younger teammates and would soothe their nerves. Talking of the media, Robert L Fish, who was his co-author, wrote in the Foreword: “Almost every reporter who has interviewed Pele has come away to speak of the simplicity of the man. Humble, possibly; modest, certainly—but simple, no. No human being is simple, least of all Pele.”
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