Pelé: sports star and cultural icon

05.05.1981 - Soccer player Pele presents a video game in Hamburg, on 5 May 1981.
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01.01.1967 - Pele is much happier since his daughter Kelly Cristina was born in February. She is “the glory of my life,” the famous Brazilian soccer player says. Edson Arantes to Nascimento...
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05.08.1975 - New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath, right, bounces soccer ball on his head while Pele of the Cosmos uses his head to get a fell for the Pigskin, Tuesday, August 5, 1975 at the Je...
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27.09.1977 - Soccer star Pele, center, poses with two other soccer greats: at left, Cosmos? teammate and captain of the 1974 World Cup team from West Germany Franz Beckenbauer, and Bobby Moore,...
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01.03.1965 - Pele with his mother Celeste in March 1965. (AP Photo)
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25.04.2006 - Brazilian football star, Pele, is photographed before they went to Glasgow to play the Scotland team prior to the World Cup Finals in England. 22nd June 1966...
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03.05.1984 - Die brasilianische Fußball-Legende Pele (r) - hier mit Oberlippenbart - umarmt am 3.5.1984 in New York seinen deutschen Kollegen und Freund Franz Beckenbauer. Beide spielten in de...
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27.12.1966 - Brazilian soccer player Pele is pictured in Munich, on 27 December 1966.
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30.04.1981 - Great Brazilian football star Pele, 40 (real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento) plays doctor during visit to the Children?s Ward of the Middlesex Hospital in London on April 30, 198...
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05.09.1991 - Former footballer Pele is the new "ambassador of goodwill" of the UNO organisation "Conference of the United Nations on Environment and Development) UNCED, pictured at a press conf...
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18.03.1987 - Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Pele, former Brazilian soccer player, during a private audience in the Vatican, Wednesday March 18, 1987. Person at center is not identified. (A...
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21.11.1965 - U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy presents Brazilian soccer player Pele, covered with soap and wearing a towel, with a JFK half-dollar in the shower room after the Brazil-Russia soccer game...
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08.03.1966 - Pope Paul VI poses with Brazilian soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, and the latter?s wife Rosemarie, during a special audience granted in the Pontiff?s...
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22.02.1968 - Brazilian soccer player Pele is pictured during the "Sportlerball" in Munich, on 22 February 1968.
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01.02.1969 - Famed Brazilian soccer star, Pele, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is seen in his home with his wife, Rosmarie Riccione, and his daughter, Kelly Cristina, 2, in Santos, Brazil Feb, 19...
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01.02.1969 - Famed Brazilian soccer star, Pele, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is seen in his home with his daughter, Kelly Cristina, 2, in Santos, Brazil Feb, 1969. (AP Photo)
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22.06.1966 - Brazil's world famous star, Pele, at London Airport. The Brazil team are flying out to Glasgow, where they are due to play Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday.
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13.06.1974 - Der brasilianische Fußball-Star Pele und der einstige deutsche Torjäger Uwe Seeler sehen sich, unterstützt von einem Dolmetscher, am 13.6.1974 im Frankfurter Waldstadion die Proben...
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01.01.1970 - Pele, Brazil's soccer star, is shown in 1970. (AP Photo)
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30.03.1971 - Brazil?s Soccer King Pele, waves a medal presented to him by Supporters as he arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Paris on March 30, 1971. He arrived with other members of the Santos So...
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22.04.1988 - Brazilian soccer superstar Pele holds a sign of appeal to fight against AIDS after "Kick AIDS '88" exhibition soccer game at Tokyo's Big Egg dome on Friday, April 22, 1988. Pele is...
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19.08.1966 - Soccer player Pele, of Brazil?s Santos team, poses at Herald Square in New York on arrival in the city on August 19, 1966. Pele and his teammates will compete for the U.S. cup of c...
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30.04.1994 - Soccer great Pele wipes away tears of emotion during his wedding on Saturday, April 30, 1994, with Assiria Seixas Lemos in the coastal town of Recife about 1500 miles northeast of...
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15.02.1971 - Wearing palm hat, Brazil?s soccer king Pele waves before enplaning with Santos team for Jamaica after Sunday?s match on Feb. 15, 1971 in San Salvador. (AP Photo)
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10.09.1977 - Pele, center, of the Cosmos, plants a kiss on kimono-clad Japanese lady at a welcome party in a Tokyo Hotel, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1977. The Cosmos will take on a Japanese All-star...
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25.09.2001 - Members of the Brazilian team are seen in the grounds of their hotel at Sanderstead. Left to right are: Ljalma Santos, Zico (team captain), Vincente Feola (team manager), Pele, and...
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18.02.2004 - Sao Paulo, Brazil. A recent portrait of Brazilian team centre-forward Edson Arantes Lo Nascimento Pele. 3 November 1961 Brazil / Mono Print
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01.01.2000 - Pelé, eigentlich Edson Arantes do Nascimento, geboren am 21. Oktober 1940 in Brasilien. Er gilt als der größte Weltfußball-Spieler des 20. Jahrhunderts und wurde in 78 Länderspiele...
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30.06.2002 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter, left, and Brazilian soccer legend Pele prepare to hand the trophy to Brazilian captain Cafu, after Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the 2002 World Cup final...
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01.10.1977 - Soccer player Pele, right, embraces boxer Muhammad Ali during a ceremony honoring the Brazilian soccer star of the New York Cosmos at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., October...
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10.06.1987 - Former Brazilian soccer player Pele, center, clasps hands with Italian captain Alessandro Altobelli, left, and Argentine captain Diego Maradona, right, after he is awarded the FIFA...
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22.10.2006 - German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher (L) of Scuderia Ferrari F1 team recvieves a trophy from soccer legend Brazilian Pele (R) before the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at the race...
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13.06.1974 - Die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974 in Deutschland wird am 13. Juni im ausverkauften Frankfurter Waldstadion feierlich eröffnet. Mit von der Partie sind die Fußball-Legenden Pele au...
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22.02.1966 - Brazilian soccer player Pele (C) is pictured during his honeymoon in Frankfurt, on 22 February 1966.
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24.02.1966 - Der brasilianische Fußballstar Pele und seine junge Frau Rosemarie beten am 24. Februar 1966 in der Wieskirche im Allgäu. Das junge Paar besichtigt auf seiner Hochzeitsreise auch e...
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21.02.1966 - Pele, famous Brazilian soccer player wipes perspiration from his brow during his wedding with Rosemary dos Reis Cholbi (21) at Santos, Brazil on February 21, 1966. (AP Photo)
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07.12.2005 - Die brasilianische Fußball-Legende, der Jahrhundert-Fußballer Pele, fotografiert auf einer Pressekonferenz von Mastercard am Mittwoch (07.12.2005) in Frankfurt am Main. Pele wirbt...
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