"Good player " !!! Talk about damming with faint praise ,that's like saying DaVinci was a decent all rounder ,that Michaelangelo could do a bit of chiseling ,that Vemeer was OK at painting .
Pele was so much better than good ,he transcended the game of football .he was poetry ,a wonderful sight on the pitch ,a perfect mix of athleticism ,balance ,skill and vision,with an unselfishness and work ethic of a Sunderland miner ,he was so far ahead of his time it was surreal .
I got to see him play when I was a boy ,and 50 years later its still one of my favourite memories of football .