Stanley Mathews – a great player, but in 1956 it should have been Ferenc Puskas. Europe honored the past.
Tostao – the present and the future of football. King Pele considered belonging to the past in South America.
Senin, 06 April 2009
Brave new world, sweeping the past. South America introduced their own award for a Football Player of the year in 1971 – like Europe, the award was not a creation of a footballing body, but of a newspaper. ‘France Football’ in Europe, ‘El Mundo’ from Venezuela in South America. Unlike Europe, the first winner was not a tribute to the past – the first European footballer of the year was Stanley Mathews in 1956. Hardly the best player then; rather honouring the reputation of aging man, already 41 years old. South Americans voted the 24-years old Tostao in 1971 – not Pele. The present, not the past.
Stanley Mathews – a great player, but in 1956 it should have been Ferenc Puskas. Europe honored the past.
Tostao – the present and the future of football. King Pele considered belonging to the past in South America.
Stanley Mathews – a great player, but in 1956 it should have been Ferenc Puskas. Europe honored the past.
Tostao – the present and the future of football. King Pele considered belonging to the past in South America.
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