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‘Greatest of all time’: Pelé as described by his peers

FILE - Soccer star Pele, left, and Cosmos team captain Werner Roth, center, presents soccer jersey to Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff at a press conference in New York on Thursday, August 3, 1978, where it was announced that Cruyff will play in two exhibition games with the Cosmos following the 1978 Naslhseason. It was also agreed that if Cruyff ever plays soccer again in the future, he would only play for the Cosmos. (AP Photo/ Marty Lederhandler, File) FILE - 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, captain of England's 1966 World Cup soccer team. The occasion was a dinner given for Pele, Sept. 27, 1977 in the Plaza Hotel in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,file) FILE - Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, left, receives the trophy from former Brazilian soccer star Pele, right, after being named FIFA World Player of the Year during the FIFA World Player Gala 2008 at the Opera house in Zurich, Switzerland, Monday, Jan.12, 2009. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt, File) FILE - Artist Andy Warhol, left, chats wth soccer superstar Pele about a portrait he is making of him, July 26, 1977, New York. In background is a poster with a photograph of Pele in action. Warhol has been commissioned to make a series of portraits of athletic stars. (AP Photo/Claudia Larson, File) New York Cosmos forward Pelé controls the ball as Miami Toros midfielder Tommy Mulroy defends during the second half of an NASL soccer game at New York's Yankee Stadium on Aug. 10, 1976. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) FILE - Pele reacts after heading the ball during a soccer match between the Cosmos and the Toronto Metro-Croatia in New York's Downing Stadium, June 19, 1975. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/ Richard Drew, File) FILE - Soccer player Pele embraces boxer Muhammad Ali during a ceremony honoring the Brazilian soccer star of the New York Cosmos at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 1, 1977. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) FILE - Brazil's 17-year-old Pele weeps on the shoulder of goalkeeper Gylmar Dos Santos Neves after Brazil's 5-2 victory over Sweden in the final of the soccer World Cup in Stockholm, Sweden, June 29, 1958. Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died in Sao Paulo on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. He was 82. (AP Photo File)
‘Greatest of all time’: Pelé as described by his peers