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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 14, 2021 15:15:25 GMT
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 14, 2021 15:26:11 GMT
Did he live an interesting life?
Anything scandalous involved?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 14, 2021 16:01:03 GMT
Did he live an interesting life? Anything scandalous involved? Well, it has been certainly a remarkable life – winning the World Cup at age 17, becoming the best soccer player in the world and a world-wide celebrity. Outside of soccer, not much excitement I think – a couple of marriages and divorces, no alcohol or drug problems. The only blemish in his personal life that I am aware of is that he never acknowledged a daughter he had out of wedlock. He got a woman pregnant when he was young and (I think) not yet married. I am not sure he even found out about it at the time, but decades later the daughter approached him and tried to get him to acknowledge her, which he refused to do. She filed a paternity lawsuit against him and he fought it tooth and nail. Eventually he was forced to submit to a paternity test which showed that she really was his daughter. He still didn’t accept her, even when she died of cancer some years later.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 14, 2021 16:09:46 GMT
Did he live an interesting life? Anything scandalous involved? Well, it has been certainly a remarkable life – winning the World Cup at age 17, becoming the best soccer player in the world and a world-wide celebrity. Outside of soccer, not much excitement I think – a couple of marriages and divorces, no alcohol or drug problems. The only blemish in his personal life that I am aware of is that he never acknowledged a daughter he had out of wedlock. He got a woman pregnant when he was young and (I think) not yet married. I am not sure he even found out about it at the time, but decades later the daughter approached him and tried to get him to acknowledge her, which he refused to do. She filed a paternity lawsuit against him and he fought it tooth and nail. Eventually he was forced to submit to a paternity test which showed that she really was his daughter. He still didn’t accept her, even when she died of cancer some years later. Wow.
That sounds quite scandalous - especially if he was married
Not accepting your own daughter - even as she's battling cancer
What a scumbag of a human being
I might watch this now if it delves into this part of his life
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Post by hi224 on Jan 14, 2021 16:50:04 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 14, 2021 16:57:35 GMT
Well, it has been certainly a remarkable life – winning the World Cup at age 17, becoming the best soccer player in the world and a world-wide celebrity. Outside of soccer, not much excitement I think – a couple of marriages and divorces, no alcohol or drug problems. The only blemish in his personal life that I am aware of is that he never acknowledged a daughter he had out of wedlock. He got a woman pregnant when he was young and (I think) not yet married. I am not sure he even found out about it at the time, but decades later the daughter approached him and tried to get him to acknowledge her, which he refused to do. She filed a paternity lawsuit against him and he fought it tooth and nail. Eventually he was forced to submit to a paternity test which showed that she really was his daughter. He still didn’t accept her, even when she died of cancer some years later. Wow.
That sounds quite scandalous - especially if he was married
Not accepting your own daughter - even as she's battling cancer
What a scumbag of a human being
I might watch this now if it delves into this part of his life
From wiki: Now you can get excited, frogs.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 14, 2021 18:24:02 GMT
is he your favorite footballer?.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 14, 2021 18:47:59 GMT
is he your favorite footballer?. In my opinion he's the best of all time, but I wouldn't say he's my favourite. Come to think of it, I don't really have a favourite footballer.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 14, 2021 18:59:09 GMT
is he your favorite footballer?. In my opinion he's the best of all time, but I wouldn't say he's my favourite. Come to think of it, I don't really have a favourite footballer. Did you watch Diego Maradona on HBO recently?.
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jan 14, 2021 20:15:49 GMT
Seriously how many documemtaries are they going to make on Pele?
One of the most over-exposed athletes of all time. Same with Muhammad Ali, Maradonna, Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan.
Also enough Bruce Lee documentaries. He wasn't even a professional martial artist. I would rather see one about Chuck Norris, who was a professional fighter.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 14, 2021 20:18:29 GMT
Seriously how many documemtaries are they going to make on Pele? One of the most over-exposed athletes of all time. Same with Muhammad Ali, Maradonna, Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan (I did however enjoyed The Last Dance but I certainly won't seeing anymore) Also enough Bruce Lee documentaries. He wasn't even a professional martial artist. I would rather see one about Chuck Norris, was a professional fighter. But at least Tyson is an interesting figure
I can watch a zillion docs on him
I thought Pele was about as exciting as a Ham & Cheese sandwich until I heard about what a philanderer he was above
Now I may watch
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 15, 2021 17:35:48 GMT
Seriously how many documemtaries are they going to make on Pele? One of the most over-exposed athletes of all time. Same with Muhammad Ali, Maradonna, Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan (I did however enjoyed The Last Dance but I certainly won't seeing anymore) Also enough Bruce Lee documentaries. He wasn't even a professional martial artist. I would rather see one about Chuck Norris, was a professional fighter. But at least Tyson is an interesting figure I can watch a zillion docs on him I thought Pele was about as exciting as a Ham & Cheese sandwich until I heard about what a philanderer he was above
Now I may watch
Pele was not really a philanderer .. not by Brazilian standards anyway. 
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 15, 2021 19:34:38 GMT
Seriously how many documemtaries are they going to make on Pele? One of the most over-exposed athletes of all time. Same with Muhammad Ali, Maradonna, Mike Tyson and Michael Jordan (I did however enjoyed The Last Dance but I certainly won't seeing anymore) Also enough Bruce Lee documentaries. He wasn't even a professional martial artist. I would rather see one about Chuck Norris, was a professional fighter. But at least Tyson is an interesting figure
I can watch a zillion docs on him
I thought Pele was about as exciting as a Ham & Cheese sandwich until I heard about what a philanderer he was above
Now I may watch
If you want a Brazilian footballer with an eventful life, check out this guy:
Just read the "Early Life" and the "Final Years and Death" sections if his football career is not of interest.
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