TODAY IN SPORTS...

June 29th

52 years ago today, Pele made his World Cup Final debut and Brazil won the first of five World Cups, beating Sweden 5-2 in the 6th World Cup at Stockholm.

The Final holds many records in World Cup history. Pele became the youngest player to play a World Cup Finals, the youngest scorer in a World Cup Final and the youngest player to win a World Cup Winner's Medal. Also, Nils Liedholm became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final (35 years, 263 Days). Moreover, this final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team (5), the highest number of total goals scored (7), together with the World Cup finals in 1970 and 1998, it also had the greatest victory margin (3).

For both teams who took part this was a classic Final. Sweden played its first and only World Cup Final, the best performance by the Sweden team in a World Cup. Brazil won its first World Cup Final and as Pele himself as he believes that the match between Sweden and Brazil must be considered as the most classic World Cup final in history.1

Pele's famous bicycle kick

Check out the Finals recap video below, it shows all the goals, including Pele's goals.


26 years ago today, Pete Rose broke Carl Yastrzemski's MLB record for most games played, recording his 3,309th game.