Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why.

There’s only been one Pele

Pele was the King

He burst on to the World Cup stage

At only seventeen.

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The legendary Brazilian

Who played the game with flare

Helped Brazil to three World Cups

The first in fifty eight.

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Associated with him

The famous, well used phrase

Pele’s why we coined the phrase

‘The Beautiful Game’.

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He was ever the gentleman

Commanded huge respect

Beloved by his opponents

And those with whom he played.

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He mostly played for Santos

Scored so many goals

But later New York Cosmos

There in USA.

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He was a great Ambassador

A diplomat of sport

‘Athlete of the Century‘

Pele’s accolade.