Remembering Pelé, a mythical figure for my generation
He may not have been the GOAT, but he was the most important figure in the history of soccer
I want to open this newsletter with a blunt, mildly heartless, but true personal anecdote about Pelé: I had not realized he was still alive until he started to get sick a few months ago.
He died on Thursday at the age of 82, after a battle with cancer.
The reason for my ignorance was that Pelé was an almost mythical fi…