Soon afterward, the 17-year-old was selected for Brazil's 1958 World Cup. Pele missed ... country's first Jules Rimet Trophy. Brazilian playwright Nelson Rodrigues anointed Pele "the King." ...

The most noticeable, to fans fortunate enough to consume matches that way, was the first World Cup broadcast in color. Suddenly, watching legends such as Pele ... Jules Rimet Trophy, was the ...

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, congratulated Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the World Cup and ... daughter explained. Pele had a colon tumor ...

He'd go on to score 643 goals over 19 years in a golden ... stadium in 1962. Pele holds the trophy after Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile.

The 32-year-old signed a six-month contract ... "I am going after this World Cup trophy in any way I can. I have goals," said Neymar, who is Brazil's all-time top goal scorer with 79 goals ...

He is the only player to win the football World ... Cup three times, lifting the trophy in 1958, 1962 and 1970. Pelé was named FIFA's Player of the Century in 2000. He has the credit of scoring a ...