Pele: A sporting icon who made football beautiful

Bobby Charlton said that football might have been "invented for him".

Certainly, most commentators regard him as the finest exponent of the beautiful game.

Pele's skill and electrifying speed were coupled with a deadly accuracy in front of goal.

A national hero in his native Brazil, he became a global sporting icon.

And, off the field, he campaigned tirelessly to improve conditions for the most deprived people in society.