Mamun says on 4/Nov/11
Sorry Marc , I totally forgot ! Might as well be just normal Boots I think ?

Regards

SUPERMUN

Marc says on 24/Oct/11
Mamun, do you remember what kind of shoes was Pelé wearing when he took the picture with you?

LUCOSO says on 14/Sep/11
pele was 170 nowadays 167

guyfrommars says on 7/Sep/11
dk: I've seen that picture in a football magazine. I think I defined the "footwear advantage". Carson was wearing flat tennis shoes, while Pele had dress shoes with almost 2-inch (Cuban?) heels.

Cranberries (18m, 193cm) says on 17/Aug/11
@MD: "No basis" is a gross exaggeration. Humans vary quite a bit genetically and that manifests itself most obviously in phenotypes and specific genetic dispositions like sickle cell anemia and calcified pineal glands; that's no mystery. Whether or not we can be divided into "races" is not up for debate; looking at the biological definition of "race", it's clear there are very many distinct and identifiable races of Homo sapiens. Anyway, Pele looks 5'7" to me lol. Big head too.

ImCorrect says on 6/Jul/11
@Leo
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Also, the average african-american is 1/2 an inch shorter than the average Caucasian American, so we're not "so tall".

MD says on 30/Jun/11
Leo, can you give that racialist bullsh%t a rest? People spout that all of the time, and it's been proven it has now basis in scientific fact.

Dural says on 31/May/11
@TruebloodFan

Mamun looks slightly taller than Pelé (hair doesn't count) who has the footwear advantage.
Pelé was never taller than 172cm.

TruebloodFan says on 22/May/11
Pele peaked 174cm, not 172cm. Mamun has funny posture in this photo. if Pele is really as listed, than Mamun is 5ft7.

KING10 says on 16/May/11
Pele is short, but still one of the greatest of all time
nothing wrong with being short
and average height for striker is 180cm
the are a lot 166cm strikers and there a lot are over 190cm

Kapelu says on 7/Apr/11
In South America the average for football players is between 173 and 175 cm, so Pele isn't a short player his sucessfull playing career, he scored a lot of goals with the head, he has a excellent goalscoring hability and a very powerful shot.

186.5cm Guy says on 23/Jan/11
Looks at least 5'7.5"

dk says on 16/Jan/11
@Heitor
No, Pele is clearly not below 5'8".

@guyfrommars
Define your so-called "footwear advantage". I think this great footballer is easily the same height as the great Johnny Carson.

guyfrommars says on 26/Dec/10
He looked nearly as tall as 5ft10 Johnny Carson when he appeared in his show, but he had footwear advantage. Carson was wearing tennis shoes, while Pele had dress shoes with ca. 1.5" heels. I guess he was close to 5ft8 in his prime.