noun pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) born 1940, Brazilian soccer player. 1
noun pele real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento. born 1940, Brazilian footballer: scored 77 goals in 92 games for Brazil (1957–71) and was in the teams that won the World Cup in 1958, 1962, and 1970; awarded an honorary knighthood in 1997 0
