Bellini's World Cup gesture became immortalized with a statue in front of Maracana Stadium :: Vanderlei Almeida/Getty via AFP Bellini also won the 1962 World Cup and appeared in the 1966 ...

New evidence suggests former Brazilian star Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini suffered from a degenerative brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy before his death. The leader of the team ...

Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazil's captain when they won their first World Cup in 1958, died on Thursday from complications following a heart attack. He was 83. #INSERT type:image caption:Bellini ...

Hilderaldo Bellini was the first winning captain to lift the World Cup trophy above his head Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has led tributes to Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini, the captain of Brazil's ...

You don't usually associate Brazil with strong, no-nonsense centre-backs, but Bellini was just that. Over the course of 51 caps he provided the foundations for their domination of world football.

The captain of the Brazilian national team world champion team in 1958 and a reserve for the 1962 team, former fullback Hilderaldo Luís Bellini, better known as Bellini, died yesterday at age 83.

SAO PAULO: Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini, the first Brazilian to lift the World Cup as captain of the triumphant 1958 side, has died here aged 83, local media reported on Thursday. He had been suffering ...

After his two goals helped defeat hosts Sweden 5-2, his captain, Hilderaldo Bellini, was prompted by a photographer to hoist the Jules Rimet trophy above his head. From that moment on, it was a ...

Image caption, Hilderaldo Bellini was the first winning captain to lift the World Cup trophy above his head Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has led tributes to Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini, the first Brazilian to lift the World Cup as captain of the triumphant 1958 side, has died in Sao Paulo aged 83, local media reported on Thursday.