Sporting News · Mar 26, 2016
Pele's biopic is going to be lit
Pele (YouTube) There are certain athletes whose names transcend the games that made them famous.
Think Ruth, Ali, Jordan and Gretzky. In soccer, before there was ever a Lionel Messi or a Cristiano Ronaldo, another South American globalized the game and showcased its beauty like no one before him. His is Pele. Now, his journey from a shoeless sensation as a boy to Brazil's most profitable commodity (he was tapped a national treasure as a teenager to prevent European clubs from signing him) and biggest ambassador as a man has been made into what appears to be an epic biopic.
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