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Football genius; joy of the people & two-time World Cup winner
Born with crooked legs and the soul of a bird, he dribbled past everything — including the rules of what a body should be able to do.
The rise
Manuel Francisco dos Santos grew up in poverty in Pau Grande, near Rio de Janeiro, with a curved spine and misaligned legs. Doctors doubted he could walk normally, let alone play — but his dribbling left defenders stranded. He joined Botafogo at eighteen and became the heart of Brazil's 1958 and 1962 World Cup triumphs.