Don't forget to watch Biography on A&E (Tuesday, August 13th at 8pm PT)!

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  1. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
    Staff Member

    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Although not directly Earthquakes related, the hour will feature Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known a little better by some other name. :)

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp GO EARTHQUAKES!!! :(


    -G
     
  2. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  3. BlueMeanie

    BlueMeanie New Member

    Apr 1, 2002
    EastSIIIIDE
    Before Goodsport goes any crazier from talking to himself... ;)

    There is a slight tie-in, albeit with the old NASL Quakes. Legend has it that at that point, the largest crowd ever to watch anything at Spartan Stadium was 25,048 on 8/22/76* for a 2-1 Quakes win over Pele's NY Cosmos. (Att. figure from Colin Jose's NASL tome.) People were sitting in trees because the stands, which weren't as expansive as now, were full.

    Thanks for the heads-up, Goodsie...I never would have known this was on A&E tonight without your post.

    *Almost 26 years ago. Ouch.
     
  4. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I had a lot to say but it got wiped out, so here goes...

    Interesting why he is considered without peer the greatest ever, but at home he's considered a sellout who did little.

    Actually, he did protest against the regime at the time but didn't want to say anything for obvious reasons. He did so by retiring on top after the 1970 World Cup, and he stated in an 1994 print interview with SI that he refused to take part in the 1974 World Cup for political reasons.

    If he sold out, so did Tony Hawk, Prince, and Lenny Kravitz.

    No matter, it's still worth the watch. Set your VCRs.

    Cheers!
     
  5. Naco

    Naco Member

    Aug 5, 2001
    Re: I had a lot to say but it got wiped out, so here goes...

    Oh well, no need to watch Biography now, thanx Nap! :)

    Sean
     
  6. QuakeAttack

    QuakeAttack Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    California - Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Even scarier was that I attended the game. Unfortunately, although a lot of the players (in the NASL) were world famous, it wasn't until I was older that I found out more about them...
     
  7. Spartacus

    Spartacus Member

    May 20, 2001
    The NO SOCCER Zone
    In a similar vein, has anyone else caught "History of Football" on KCSM TV60? I caught just a bit of the series last night and it was a wonderful treatment of the political history of FIFA. I hope it's a series...Monday nights at 10...anyone else have more 411?
     
  8. Naco

    Naco Member

    Aug 5, 2001
    Yes, it is a series, Spartacus. Mondays at 10. The only one I've seen was 'the media', but my dad has seen more. Thats all I know.

    Sean
     
  9. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pele is on right now.
     
  10. yalpstel

    yalpstel Member

    Oct 12, 2000
    Bay Area, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thanks for posting this G--we enjoyed the show, and for lack of a better description (it doesn't exist), Pele was an amazing player.

    I thought the end was kinda sad though, when his former Santos teammate was singing their team song.
     
  11. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All I can say was great show--they should have reserved his Bio for 90 or 120 minutes.

    Idealistically Pele is due for a SportsCentury ep.

    Cheers!
     
  12. yalpstel

    yalpstel Member

    Oct 12, 2000
    Bay Area, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I too, Nap, could watch this stuff forever! :D
     
  13. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Me too!

    There is more than one hour that they could fit in. I would have loved to know more about his years with the Cosmos--too brief. Maybe know as to how and why he got himself into a lot of trouble, again with his finances and so forth--it's a common occurance with athletes with a lot of money, be the superstar or the common--they invest their money into financial deals and many of them go bust.

    Also maybe talk about why the Brazilians detested him for his leaning towards the dictatorship. Surely he couldn't speak out against them--their is a public perception of things and a private persona behind that--I'm sure he could have tried to speak out but in his stature what could you do?

    Still a good show, but a lot more can be told.
     
  14. twell_girl

    twell_girl New Member

    Jul 28, 2002
    cali
    duuuuuude! i missed it....[​IMG]
    does anybody know when the replay is?

    ...CIAO!
    ...The SurfDiva
     
  15. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    At the end when they showed Pele playing in the NASL did anyone notice him scoring against the old Quakes team? How cool was that?
     
  17. living_ded_boy

    living_ded_boy New Member

    May 24, 2001
    Pleasanton, Ca



    What would be cool is a DVD documentary on NASL that talks about the teams and the stars of the league from beginning to end, with lots of highlights!
     
  18. TheSlipperyOne

    TheSlipperyOne Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Denver
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Pele is a great soccer player.

    But how about those illegitimate children.
     
  19. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp They're not great soccer players.

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp GO EARTHQUAKES!!! :(


    -G
     
  20. TheSlipperyOne

    TheSlipperyOne Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Denver
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    He did have the son who speaks excellent English and played goalie for Santos.

    Talk about pressure.
     
  21. TheSlipperyOne

    TheSlipperyOne Member+

    Feb 29, 2000
    Denver
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I liked the groovy music they played during the credits when it showed Pele juggling the mini-ball.
     
  22. Goodsport

    Goodsport Moderator
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    May 18, 1999
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I completely agree with you, but I doubt that ESPN does. :(

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp The ending credits to the A&E Biography on Pele revealed that the episode was produced by the BBC in association with A&E. Even though the narrator was an American, it was obvious by whom they interviewed throughout the episode that it was British-produced (which could explain why the reference to Pele's days with the Cosmos got short shrift)... so of course, the subject of Pele's soccer (football) was taken seriously.

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp ESPN SportsCentury, on the other hand, is an entirely American-produced show - and in a series that even lists at least one or two racehorses as the Twentieth Century's top athletes, not a single player from the world's most popular sport was even considered for an episode (they should stop touting it as a show about "The Century's Greatest Athletes" and describe it for what it really is... a show about "The Century's Greatest Athletes who've played in North America north of the Rio Grande River, excluding Greenland and Iceland"! :mad: )

    &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp GO EARTHQUAKES!!!


    -G
     
  23. Hawkeye17

    Hawkeye17 DynaChick v QuakeBabe v WildKate v Chewie23

    Aug 25, 1999
    Miami Vice 82
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Very common for an athlete such as him--ask Julius Erving, Ervin Johnson, Larry Bird, etc.

    His son speaks fluent English since he spent some of his time in the US during and after the Cosmos days.
     

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