# R.I.P. Pele, Good bye to the king **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [December 29, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297 "2022-12-29T20:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/1 "2022-12-29T20:03:35Z")
One of the greatest ever. > **[Pelé, Brazil World-Cup winner and football legend, dies aged 82](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/29/pele-brazil-dies-football-legend)** > > Brazil legend Pelé, whose captivating skill and athleticism ensured he was universally regarded as one of football’s greatest players, has died ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/2 "2022-12-29T20:20:10Z")
RIP to the man who wore the crown for many decades. Here are some enjoyable WC goals. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bUTRZGCiiFs/maxresdefault.jpg "🇧🇷 Pele's Top 5 Goals | FIFA World Cup") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUTRZGCiiFs) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/3 "2022-12-29T20:20:43Z")
Too bad, but not surprising in the end after the news about his health in the last weeks. Unfortunately, I’m just a few years too young to have seen him play, but of course I saw many of his best scenes and my father told me about him. After Argentina won the WC, I said that now the holy trinity of football is Pelé, Maradona and Messi. If this is true, then Pelé is the Father. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/4 "2022-12-29T20:22:31Z")
I guess now they can continue their game: > ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/5 "2022-12-29T20:23:43Z")
I’ll always remember to buy Crestfield Wax Paper: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Nh8kSiKTew/hqdefault.jpg "Pelé is king of soccer field.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nh8kSiKTew) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/6 "2022-12-29T20:23:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HcitzjlbQZw/hqdefault.jpg "Pele´ 1000° Goal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcitzjlbQZw) RIP… ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/7 "2022-12-29T20:34:04Z")
And let’s not forget that he played a WW2 Trinidadian corporal prisoner-of-war in _Victory_. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/8 "2022-12-29T20:39:35Z")
With Ardiles, Michael Caine and… Stallone, they probably spent half the time laughing at Sly’s attempts to play football. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/9 "2022-12-29T20:40:01Z")
I wonder who kept that ball in the times before eBay and whether they can proof that it is that ball. And I had him in my Celebrity Death Pool list! I am good at keeping people alive except whent they are footballers. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/10 "2022-12-29T21:04:16Z")
Wow, I had no idea he was so old. His reputation is still so strong that I assumed he must have been playing recently. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/11 "2022-12-29T21:10:32Z")
I just learned that the last game he played was his farewell game in 1977 with Cosmos New York (where he had played his last season in a team with Franz Beckenbauer. Wow, Pelé and Beckenbauer in one team must’ve been great, if it hadn’t been for Cosmos in an opera league) versus FC Santos. He scored his 1281st and last goal with a free kick for Cosmos and changed to the Santos team after halftime. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/12 "2022-12-29T23:56:33Z")
Thanks Pele, for inspiring so many and growing the most beautiful game. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/13 "2022-12-30T01:14:48Z")
Way back during the Wide World of Sports on ABC Pele was often one of the thrills of victory. Of course that Yugoslavian skier was always, always “the agony of defeat”. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/14 "2022-12-30T03:16:27Z")
St. Peter is yelling, _“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!”_ ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/15 "2022-12-30T04:43:15Z")
Satan has raised the off-side flag. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297/16 "2022-12-30T17:26:00Z")
Back when my brother and I were playing in little league soccer, the local little league soccer org arranged an appearance by Pele. That was a BIG DEAL back then (mid 70s-ish). So, I never got to see him _play_, but I did get to see him.