Pelé's coffin, draped in the flags of Brazil and the Santos FC football club, was placed in the midfield area of Vila Belmiro, the stadium outside Sao Paulo.
SANTOS, Brazil Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pele on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil s best.
Pelé's coffin, draped in the flags of Brazil and the Santos FC football club, was placed in the midfield area of Vila Belmiro, the stadium outside Sao Paulo.