Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero by Ruy Castro

Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero

Ruy Castro

432 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction biography sports emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
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The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR.In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. Brazil went on to win the cup, and, in Garrincha, ...

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