I intend to write to "Pele", a Brazilian soccer player.

which is known as

"The King of Football", the favorite of football fans around the world, who passed away on December 29, 2022, at the age of 82 years and 2 months from the moment he passed away.

Come write to this period, even though it's a bit late, but it's still timely.

Because there had just been a grand burial ceremony two days ago.

Much has been written

about his genius as a

“world class” footballer.

I would ask permission to write in the part where he was involved in the development of Thai football.

The development of the taste of watching football of Thai people and the development of Thai media, because I believe that no one will write much about it.

For those who are over 70 years old, you may remember that the main mass media in Thailand 60 years ago consisted of only 2 media: newspapers and radio.

While television, although it has already begun to broadcast.

But it's still not as widespread as it should be.

can be viewed only in big cities

When it comes to newspapers, which are the number 1 main media and have the number 1 influence on Thai people's ideas in that era.

As a media to gather the news that happened both in the country and around the world to be read as much as possible.

compared to other daily media

Sports news

is considered one of the news that Thai people in the past followed with passion.

But it's more about "boxing" news.

Because football 60 years ago was still popular with limited popularity.

In addition to foreign football, there is almost no news in our home.

Even the news of the World Cup, which began to be loud all over the world in that era

but for Thailand

The World Cup news is still only the "sports page" or "inside" news of newspapers and is only a small news.

Including in 1958 or 1958, when there was the 6th World Cup in Sweden, which was considered the birth year of "Pele", our home newspapers were mostly just news and small pictures.

In spite of that year, Pele was only 17 years old and on the day Brazil entered the World Cup with Sweden, the host was considered the youngest World Cup player.

But managed to score two goals in a 5-2 victory for Brazil.

Later, in 1982 or 1962, in the 7th World Cup hosted by Uruguay, Brazil won the second world championship to win again immediately, two times in a row, but still Small news of Thailand anyway.

Arrived in 1966 or 1966, England volunteered to be the host and Thai people began to know more about the World Cup.

There were more mentions of some of the hottest players of the year.

Especially the British players

"world champions"

that year.

But it is still an awareness from the small news in the same page.

Until 1970, the ninth World Cup in Mexico and Pele, who had been discouraged by being kicked.

Until wanting to quit football, he returned to the Brazilian national team again with a new blood warlord, a big Brazilian.

World Cup 1970 or 1970, this is considered a "legend" of the World Cup.

and news coverage of the World Cup in Thailand

As I've told you before, the 2 giants "Thairath" and "Daily News" competed to bring the World Cup news on page 1 of the giant headlines and became one of the best-selling news stories in the history of our home newspapers.

Meanwhile, the Brazilian national team

Consisting of 3 musketeers, “Pele”, “Tostao” and “Jerchinho” played very outstandingly.

Causing Thai football fans to turn to support the Brazilian national team as if they were cheering for the Thai national team.

become a political pressure

Causing the government in that year (Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn) to decide to broadcast the final match between Brazil and Italy on Channel 4 Bang Khun Phrom.

This is the history of the World Cup broadcast on television for the first time in Thailand.

Pele with the Brazilian national team is a hero.

Defeated the Italian national team 4-1, with Pele opening the first goal in the 18th minute and getting

the "golden football"

, the best player to win as well... Satisfied with the whole Thai people who cheered for him and the Brazilian national team during the Late night of June 22, Thailand time.

Here are some little Pele legends and anecdotes.

with Thai football circles, Thai football fans and Thai media

Be happy, be happy, "Pele", thank you for the "Fireworks" World Cup in the hearts of Thai people from then until now, 52 years, exactly fit!

“Zoom”