...The Greatest Soccer Player In History...
Rolex Super-Coolness
Pelé
The King Of Football
Gets A Kick Out Of 5 Decades Of Wearing Rolex
In the world of Sports, there are sometimes one person who is the best in history. In basketball we have Michael Jordan, who has also been a lifetime Rolex man; and in the world of soccer, Pelé is considered to be the all-time best. Pele has worn his trademark yellow-gold Rolex Day-Date for decades, as seen in this recent photo.
Pelé was born Edison "Edson" Arantes so Nascimento in October of 1940 in Brazil. During his amazing career which ran from 1956 to 1974 he scored 760 official goals, and 541 in league championships, thus, making him the top scorer of all time!!! In his career Pelé scored a total of 1281 goals in 1363 games.
Pelé is widely considered to be not only the most famous soccer/football player in history, but also the best. To this day, Pelé is the winningest soccer player in FIFA World Cup history remaining the only player to have won 3 Wold Cup Winners' Medals (1958, 1962 and 1970). Pelé was also received a special recognition award from the FIFA World Cup for the title of "FIFA Player Of The Century."
Pelé is pictured below with David Beckham who is considered the greatest soccer player playing today. David Beckham is also a Rolex man and wears a Rolex DEEP-SEA.
Pelé Rolex and Brazil '66
44 years ago in 1966, in the vintage photos below, we see world-wide soccer superstar, Pelé wearing his Rolex Datejust. Pelé is most famous for wearing his trademark yellow gold Rolex Day-Date, but before he wore his Day-Date he wore a Rolex Datejust as seen in the two photos below.
For historical reference, it is interesting to note the Rolex watch Pelé is wearing is the same one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wore in that same time in history. Bill Cosby was also wearing his Pepsi GMT Master, this same year on I Spy.
Pelé's Trademark Bicycle Kick
In the next two photos we see Pelé executing his famous trademark "Bicycle-Kick."
In this next photo we see Pele with Muhammad Ali in 1977 in New York. What a photo!!!
In the next two recent photos we see Pele sporting his Yellow Gold Rolex Day-Date that he typically wears.
In the next photo below, we see the visible clasp on the back of the Rolex "President" bracelet, which likely means Pelé acquired and has been wearing this Rolex Day-Date since sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s!!!
Stainless Steel Rolex Datejust
In this next photo below, we see Pele wearing a stainless steel Rolex that appears to be a Datejust on an Oyster Bracelet.
In the next recent photo below, we see Pelé wearing a stainless steel Rolex on an Oyster bracelet.
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