"If you would use the word perfect, Pele almost is there. He was the greatest soccer player in the history of this game," says former West German star Franz Beckenbauer on ESPN Classic's ...

This is because Pele picked players still alive today - with the emotional exception of Marc Vivien Foe, the Manchester City and Cameroon player who collapsed and died during a match last year.

Pelé died last week at age 82 and was laid to rest in Santos, the city where he became famous ... player to our country," Mendes told journalists. "My office has shirts signed by Pele, a picture ...