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Socrates Dead Brazil Soccer Captain At 1982 World Cup Dies At 57
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Remembering a great champion TRIBUTE SOCRATES BRAZIL BRASIL 1982 1986 World championship legend
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RIP Socrates 1957-2011


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Socrates was a great player. On and off the field the former star stood out above the rest.His elegant style and his deep involvement with politics made him a unique figure in Brazilian soccer, setting him apart from the players of his time and even of today.He was mostly known for captaining Brazil at the 1982 World Cup, regarded by many as the best team ever not to win football's showcase tournament.
But he was also widely known for his heavy drinking, which he publicly admitted caused the health problems which eventually helped lead to his death on Sunday. According to reports Socrates died of septic shock at 4:30 a.m. Brazilian time (0630 GMT). He was 57.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Brazil lost "one of its most cherished sons.He was extremely talented on the field his talent and sophisticated touches many considered him a genius Off the field he was active politically, concerned with his people and his country
Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also expressed his sadness for the loss Indeed, Socrates was like no other on and off the field. He became a doctor after retiring from football and later became a popular TV commentator and columnist, always with unique and controversial opinions.Since his playing days, Socrates never kept his political ideas to himself and often wrote about the subject in his columns. Known as Dr. Socrates because of his practice of medicine, he was constantly in demand from local media for interviews on varied subjects.According to reports Socrates spearheaded a movement called the Corinthians Democracy, in which players protested against the long periods of confinement required by the club before matches. It quickly became a broader protest that coincided with Brazil's fight to overturn a military regime in the 1980s.

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[oshawaxpress]

@MrOboema - He didn't 'end up in the gutter'. He was a doctor of medicine and philosophy and a vigorous activist for democracy in Brasil who also chose to drink and smoke throughout his life. He did not end up as a lonely and destitute beggar on the streets of Rio. He was a truly great footballer and a man with well-developed humanitarian and intellectual qualities. I'm sure you could find many North Americans who have ended up 'in the gutter' who had none of Socrates abilities.

[063144]

A truly philosophy soccer player, on and off field. RIP.I

[MrOboema]

@oshawaxpress The guy died because he's an alcoholic. Some doctor, philosopher and humanitarian. You see a hero, I see a soccer hero fallen from grace.

[MrOboema]

@ml2001 I feel sorry for everyone who confuses soccer with religion and soccer superstars with jesus.

[ml2001]

@MrOboema I feel sorry for your IGNORANCE.

[ukwarrior25]

I loved watching Socrates, he will be missed.

[sugardj73]

You have no talent, you don't know anything about soccer, you have no idea who Socrates was. Don't quit your day job, you sorrily wasting your time.

[goldenglaoui]

RIP DOCTOR SOCRATES! FROM FRANCE.

SADLY MISSED .

A great man, a great football Artist.

[Slavestothesystem]

the coolest name in football/soccer ever

[Agnostic21]

@oshawaxpress Why bother answering people who play football with their hands?

[Agnostic21]

"He made his presence felt in the 1986 World Cup. But another one, perhaps more rewarding — serving the poor as a doctor and becoming a sagacious commentator on television — began. “Life is not about quantity. It is about quality,” Socrates said over 30 years ago. By modern standards, he died young. He drank his way to his grave, like so many other sportspersons. But the difference is, he was a wise man who did know exactly what he was doing. It was his hemlock." Tribute to Socrates.