Word: dondinho
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...smalltime pro soccer player known as Dondinho. Pelé was expelled from the fourth grade for cutting classes to play in barefoot futebol games, using a sock stuffed with rags for a ball. He stole peanuts from railroad cars, roasted them and sold them to get the money for a leather soccer ball. His first job. as a cobbler's apprentice, earned him $2 a month. At eleven. Pelé was spotted by ex-Player Waldemar de Brito. who taught him the game's intricacies, and got him a contract with Santos. The first time he played. Santos...
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