Brazil’s 1982 World Cup captain Sócrates dies

Scrates

By David Gold

December 4 – Sócrates, one of the world’s greatest midfielders and Brazil’s captain at the 1982 World Cup, has died in a São Paulo hospital at the age of 57, casting a shadow over the final weekend of the Brazilian Championship.

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