From Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team The 1966 World Cup tournament in England was remembered for its excessively physical play, and Pelé was one of the players most affected. Against Portugal, several violent tackles by the Portuguese defenders caused Pelé to leave the match and the tournament:
'Thank you, King': Brazil lights up in honour of Pele: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-64125254 The Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro - where Pele scored the 1,000th goal of his career - was lit in gold in tribute:
From Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelé: Pelé was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on 23 October 1940 in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, the son of Fluminense footballer Dondinho (born João Ramos do Nascimento) and Celeste Arantes. He was the elder of two siblings, and was named after the American inventor Thomas Edison. His parents decided to remove the "i" and call him "Edson", but there was a mistake on the birth certificate, leading many documents to show his name as "Edison", not "Edson", as he was called. He was originally nicknamed "Dico" by his family. He received the nickname "Pelé" during his school days, when, it is claimed, he was given it because of his pronunciation of the name of his favourite player, local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé, which he misspoke, but the more he complained the more it stuck. In his autobiography, Pelé stated he had no idea what the name means, nor did his old friends.
