That 2-1 defeat against Argentina also featured his first goal in the yellow shirt.
But most of Pele astonishing performances in Brazil were at Santos tiny Vila Belmiro, outside Sao Paulo, about 500km from Rio.
The Rio stadium s official name is Jornalista Mario Filho, after a Brazilian sportswriter credited with the idea to build such a colossus for the 1950 World Cup.
Filho s grandson, Mario Neto, told
The Associated Press that he recognises the importance of Pele in Brazilian football culture but said the proposed change is irrational.
Gerson, a teammate of Pele on Brazil s 1970 World Cup-winning team, said on his YouTube channel that the possible change in the Maracana s name is absurd .
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Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro have voted in favour of a proposal to rename the iconic Maracana stadium after Brazil legend Pele.The Bill will be passed to Rio s acting governor Claudio Castro, who has up to 15 days to sign it into a law, .
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