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Brazilian football legend Pele celebrates 80th birthday

Brazilian former footballer Pele waves on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after presenting Rio's bid for the 2016 Olympics. (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

How fitting that a sport revered for uncomplicated beauty has as its greatest exponent a man with such a simple name.

Pele. Four letters, two ­syllables, one legend.

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