And of lesser known names? Maybe good idea to list how often they, the players, were mentioned among the top.
Curiosity: after 42 years, Dirceu Lopes received the 1971 Golden Ball award. The Golden Ball award began in 1973 and Dirceu was the player with highest notes in 1971. Why he received the award now? Cruzeiro won the Brasileirão this year and had five players in the Best XI, so Placar decided to reward Dirceu too. I do not know if they will reward players who won in 1970 and 1972.
I have a lot of subscribes with Placar ... It's better if you like to sum up with your view rather than just put out copies .. I think (!)
Now the monthly Placar Magazines can be downloaded in google e-book but I struggle to make understand Portuguese language to find the final positional rating of 1972, 1974, 1976 and 1978 that has not been available here. Anyone could find these year rating and make a further post here is largely appreciated.
Brasilerao 1970, was played between Sep 20 and Dec 20. The ranking provided considered all 16 rounds (it was not counted Final 3 rounds) I post the previous ranking (14-15 rounds). Ratings for players were from 3 to 10. So, they could be a bit inflated compared to Italian or Spanish or Argentinian rankings. Only were considered players with at least 10 games. Top 50 players - Brasilerao 1970
Brasilerao 1970 --------------------- Picasso Humberto --- Brito --- Reyes --- Everaldo ---------- Zanata ------------ Dirceu L Vaguinho --- Tostao --- Pelé --- Paulo Cesar Pelé was the only remarkable player in Santos loss at 15 round and the MotM in the 5-1 win at 16 round (arguably 7 and 9). In the last column, I made a correction to Placar Ratings. So my estimation this season is: 4 stars (3) - F.Reyes, Paulo Cesar, Tostao. 3 stars (2) - Picasso, Everaldo. 2 stars (12) - Zanatta, Vanderlei, Denilson, Brito, Piazza, Dirceu Lopes, Pelé, Renato, Ademir da Guia, Vanderlei, Raul, Jadir. Low Rating: Rivelino, Silva Batuta, Carlos Alberto, Clodoaldo, P.Rocha, Doval, Roberto Dias, Forlán, H.Silva Few matches: Alcindo, Andrada, Celio, Darío, Gerson, Jairzinho, Sanfilippo, Toninho, Ze María. First half of the season were played States championships.
Top 50 players - Brasilerao 1971 Unknown: Pelé Low Rating: Héctor "Lito" Silva Few matches: Atilio Ancheta, Carlos Buttice I think the adjudments in Ranking 1970, should be stricter, since ratings were higher in the late 70s - early 80s.
So i was searching for old PLACAR ratings and i found an interesting thing that i didnt know. Placar in 1981 started a new award called "Craque do Ano" for the best player of the brazilian tournament. There are 2 awards, 1 elected by Placar readers and another by Journalists. So far i have the data for the 1981-1982-1983 editions: "O CRAQUE DO ANO" BY PLACAR MAGAZINE 1981: Zico (both by Journalists and Readers) 1982: Socrates (both by Journalists and Readers) 1983: Socrates (by Journalists); Jorginho (by Readers) Details 1982: Journalists: 1. Socrates (40), 2. Zico (38), 3. Casagrande (25) Readers: 1. Socrates, 2. Zico, 3. Eder Details 1983: Journalists: 1. Socrates (54), 2. Dario Pereyra (28), 3. Eder (25) Readers: 1. Jorginho, 2. Eder, 3. Socrates I dont have the 1981 details, just the name of the winner. Did you already know about this award @Vegan10 ? Did you guys have more details about other editions? I know it started in 1981, but i dont know for how long it was around.
Bola de Prata 1972 https://imgur.com/jMGxKG5 An error occurred here: Dico made only 21 games ... Leão won the silver ball (minimum requirement of 22 games) https://imgur.com/ylvWnv5 https://imgur.com/D2Nxj0q https://imgur.com/VhLTZLP https://imgur.com/XW5Mmit In the edition that preceded the final list, that was the position of the athletes ... https://imgur.com/5bIdyNz https://imgur.com/t0iqrnt https://imgur.com/f1593kF https://imgur.com/TN7qPE9
Bola de Prata 1975 https://imgur.com/4FC5b0P https://imgur.com/ZrJ3HM3 https://imgur.com/GkCa5hW In the edition that preceded the final list, that was the position of the athletes ... https://imgur.com/brmhyzx
Bola de Prata 1974 https://imgur.com/RGBD2eG https://imgur.com/ClfZdmi In the edition that preceded the final list, that was the position of the athletes ... https://imgur.com/YLsJymW https://imgur.com/suA7giR https://imgur.com/rkbivXb https://imgur.com/6lHE35T https://imgur.com/PVLIZEY https://imgur.com/vnSD4Cu https://imgur.com/QyGAtIp https://imgur.com/3bcqFQ3 https://imgur.com/zjBU8CM https://imgur.com/9p7ELs9 https://imgur.com/2vUtzS6 https://imgur.com/xsTlASw
Thank you for these images! I have a question, the images are the last of the Second Phase? I mean, 27th and 28 round? or include SF and Final of the 1972 Brasilerao.