With its top player's newfound fame, Santos turned into the Harlem Globetrotters of international soccer, with Pele receiving a hefty share of Santos' exhibition fees. He became the world's highest ...
Pelé was born on October 23, 1940 and grew up in poverty around the favelas of Tres Coracoes in the State of Minas Gerais. Pelé's father Joao Ramos do Nascimento, nicknamed Dondinho, was a footballer.