Pele signs for The Murry Foundation

He dominated soccer for two decades with a passion matched only by that of his fans throughout the world

Heroes walk alone, but they become myths when they ennoble the lives and touch the hearts of all of us. For those who love soccer, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, generally known as PelŽ, is a hero.

Performance at a high level in any sport is to exceed the ordinary human scale. But Pelé's performance transcended that of the ordinary star by as much as the star exceeds ordinary performance. He scored an average of a goal in every international game he played — the equivalent of a baseball player's hitting a home run in every World Series game over 15 years. Between 1956 and 1974, Pelé scored a total of 1,220 goals

While he played, Brazil won the World Cup, staged quadrennially, three times in 12 years. He scored five goals in a game six times, four goals 30 times and three goals 90 times.

With the support from Terry Baker, head of A1 Sporting Speakers and valued supporter of the Foundation, Pele agreed to personally sign shirts to 5 lucky supporters of The Murry Foundation.