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	Garrincha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garrincha was born in Pau Grande, a district of Magé, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in 1933.
		Garrincha was Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney and a snake charmer all rolled into one.
		Garrincha is known to have fathered at least 14 children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garrincha (1344 words)

	Garrincha - Brazil's Forgotten Hero :: Soccerphile
		For the record, Garrincha scored a whopping 232 league goals from the wing and as well as being perhaps the greatest dribbler in soccer history is credited with being the first practitioner of the banana kick.
		Garrincha was famous because he was skilful as hell and entertaining in equal measure; allegedly the first repeated ‘OLE's ever uttered by a football crowd were a response to Garrincha's roasting of the River Plate full-back Nair in a friendly match for his beloved Botafogo in 1958.
		The tales of Garrincha's Catherine Wheel private life are poignantly mirrored by the harrowing descriptions of the degrading poverty he and his milieu grew up in, poverty his inevitable Greek tragedy of a life returned him to.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/sean/garrincha.html (1010 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Sports
		Pele was injured mid-tournament and the team had to rely on Garrincha, a dribbling genius described by one Brazilian journalist as “a cripple, an illiterate, and an alcoholic”.
		Garrincha was born with a left leg that curved in and a right leg that curved out.
		Garrincha and Pele kept their places and Pele scored twice as Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 in the final.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060515/asp/sports/story_6224192.asp (804 words)

	Garrincha (English version)
		Named to the World Team of the Twentieth Century by 250 journalists from across the world in June, 1998, Garrincha is the greatest dribbler of the soccer's history.
		Garrincha was the main player of the World Cup in Chile.
		Garrincha's Botafogo made against Pele's Santos some of the best games of the history of Brazilian soccer.
	usr.solar.com.br /~juliocba/garrincha.htm (450 words)

	GARRINCHA - International Football Hall of Fame
		Garrincha was as brilliant on the pitch as he was wild off of it.
		He was champion of the Carioca League in 1957, 1961 & 1962 and of the Rio-Sao Paulo league in 1962 & 1964.
		Beseiged by marital & tax problems, Garrincha (the "songbird") died in January 1983 of alcohol abuse.
	www.ifhof.com /hof/garrincha.asp (195 words)

	Garrincha - SoccerPulse Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Garrincha saw nothing wrong with it, it was a bit of fun, and that is what football was about in his opinion, enjoying yourself and having fun.
		Garrincha and Elza were upset at this, all the great players of the generation, Puskas, Gilmar, Pele, Di Stefano and now Yashin had a testimonial, yet whenever Garrincha asked for one, he was always knocked back.
		Garrincha’s drinking had gone from bad to worse, and he was now suffering what was known as delirium tremens, a state where the person suffering it, feels they are being attacked by grotesque animals, such as spiders, rats, cockroaches or snakes.
	www.soccerpulse.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=76464 (6345 words)

	George Best & Garrincha - Juventuz Forums
		Garrincha's legs and spine were badly bent due to a birth deformity.
		The tragedy of Garrincha was that he never demanded from his clubs or country what he really wanted and Brazil never gave him the help he so badly needed.
		Garrincha and Best were more than football heroes, they were also flawed and real human beings and that is why they will be remembered.
	www.juventuz.com /forum/showthread.php?t=16674 (1031 words)

	SI.com - xxx -- CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup - World Cup Hall of Fame: Garrincha - Tuesday ...
		Garrincha, which means "Little Bird," was famous for his tricks and dribbling skills.
		Garrincha bowed out at the 1966 finals with a thunderbolt freekick against Bulgaria but Brazil crashed out in the first round.
		Away from the field, Garrincha's life was complicated by marital, tax and drinking problems and he died from alcohol poisoning at the age of 49.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/garrincha (349 words)

	All-Star Squad
		Garrincha first played for his country in 1957 in the South American Championship, but for his first World Cup game, he had to wait until the third group game in the 1958 tournament.
		Garrincha scored twice in the quarter final with a show of outrageous individualism and then got another couple in the semi final.
		Garrincha was the co-leading scorer in the championships and was given the Golden Boot after lots were drawn.
	tim.rawle.org /football/stars.php?star=11 (513 words)

	Brazil Garrincha Caricature
		Even though he was born with crippled legs and retained a distorted left leg even after an operation, he never let this affect his wonderful ball skills, making some of the most beautiful soccer performances ever.Manuel Francisco dos Santos, his given name, was world champion twice, 1958 and 1962.
		He was champion of the Carioca League in 1957, 1961 and 1962 and of the Rio-Sao Paulo league in 1962 and 1964.
		Beseiged by marital and tax problems, Garrincha (the "songbird") died in January 1983 of alcohol abuse.
	www.sportcartoons.co.uk /garrincha.html (194 words)

	World Cup 2002 - ABC Sport
		Against the odds, Garrincha's physical disability proved no obstacle to a career as a professional footballer, and he joined Botafogo in 1953, earning his nickname, which means “little bird”, after scoring a hat-trick on his debut.
		It was in the hurly-burly of Brazil's national championship that Garrincha perfected a repertoire of beguiling free-kicks, becoming the scourge of goalkeepers everywhere with his bamboozling dead ball efforts.
		Although Garrincha's prowess had earned him an international debut three years earlier in 1955, it was at the 1958 World Cup where he finally cemented his place in the Brazil line-up after missing the opening matches.
	www.abc.net.au /worldcup2002/items/s544892.htm (612 words)

	SI.com - Soccer - Brazil's genius, bad boy Garrincha remembered - Sunday October 3, 2004 9:55PM
		Garrincha fathered at least 14 children by several women, had a scandalous affair with a pop singer, killed his mother-in-law in a car crash, squandered his money and drank himself into an alcoholic's grave in 1983 at the age of 49.
		Garrincha's story is back in the public eye just now.
		Four years later, with Pele sidelined by injury, Garrincha was again the star of the show as Brazil won a second World Cup.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/soccer/10/03/bc.sport.soccer.garrincha/index.html (862 words)

	Jairzinho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, when Garrincha was injured he filled in as a right winger, which was by far his strongest position.
		He played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, however, and with Garrincha back in the side, he played as a left winger and struggled to be effective.
		Jairzinho, with Garrincha retired from international football, played as a right winger in 1970, and revealed his talent to the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jairzinho (454 words)

	rediff.com: World Cup Legends - Garrincha
		He was on the winning side again in the '62 edition when he led Brazil's attack in the absence of Pele.
		Off the field, Garrincha womanized, abused alcohol and had run-ins with the tax authorities.
		The man on the street could relate with Garrincha for his humble origins and love for the sport.
	www.rediff.com /sports/football/2002/may/garr.htm (176 words)

	Chile, 1962 World Cup history - FIFA 2006: HT Special (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Brazil were a different team with Garrincha and in the final he set up the first two goals, going round his man and centring for Vava.
		But Garrincha showed what a great player he was in 1962 when he took matters in his own hands after Pele was injured.
		Garrincha scored two, the first a marvellous header when he outjumped the defence, and made the third for Vava in the quarter-final win against England.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/8011_1683878,001601260002.htm (874 words)

	Garrincha Biography
		Garrincha was born in Pau Grande, Pernambuco in 1933.
		He was born with his left leg bent inwards and his right leg six centimetres shorter and curved outwards.
		Garrincha died a forgotten hero in 1983, aged 49, of alcohol abuse, after a series of taxation and marital problems.
	www.wsoccer.com /players/g/garrincha/biography.htm (217 words)

	ENVB Ruy Castro Garrincha The Greatest Three Minutes of Footballing History
		Garrincha pulls the ball this way, then that, and sets off with it down the right.
		Garrincha fires in a powerful shot from a tight angle.
		Garrincha returns to the middle of the park, as ungainly as ever.
	www.envb.nl /boekbesprekingen_garrincha_citaat.htm (385 words)

	The Hindu : Legends: GARRINCHA
		That was Garrincha (real name Manuel Dos Santos Francisco), also known as the `Little Bird', because of his short stature and movement, which was remarkable for the bursts of speed.
		Garrincha's increasing confidence was evident in the quarter final against England.
		Short man that he was, Garrincha once out-jumped the six- footer Maurice Norman, the England defender, to nod in a flag kick.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/04/09/stories/2002040903822100.htm (577 words)

	Futebol \| Alex Bellos Articles
		Garrincha inhabited both sporting and musical worlds A legendary carouser with (Castro never tires of mentioning) a penis as long as the Jules Rimet trophy, he eventually settled down with Elza Soares, Brazil's most famous samba singer.
		Garrincha the nickname is a type of Brazilian wren had another epithet, the Joy of the People.
		Garrincha scored less goals than Pelé and won less medals, yet for Brazilians he is perhaps better loved.
	www.futebolthebrazilianwayoflife.com /view.asp?ArticleId=12 (756 words)

	Garrincha
		Manoel dos Santos Francisco - Garrincha - was born a cripple and the operation that enabled him to walk left him with a distorted left leg, yet he went on to gain two World Cup winner's medals.
		Born at Pau Grande in 1933, he joined Botafogo in 1953 and made his international debut in the 1957 South American Championship, but was left out of the first two games of the 1958 World Cup.
		Garrincha had spells with Corinthians, Flamengo, Bangu and Portuguesa Santista, then brief periods in France and Italy.
	www.rajuabju.com /elat/garrincha.htm (220 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Review: Garrincha by Ruy Castro and Gazza: My Story by Paul Gascoigne
		On the field, Garrincha was selfish, undisciplined, unpredictable and indisputably brilliant.
		Incontinent, impotent and penniless, Garrincha vainly tried to find work as a player or a coach, and played his last game only three weeks before his death.
		Many of the motifs of his life are shared with Garrincha: injuries, alcoholism, wife-beating, clinics, scandals, a sudden elevation to the status of national icon at a World Cup, followed by a giddy plunge from hero to outcast.
	books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/sportandleisure/0,6121,1282497,00.html (1041 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		Garrincha would dribble past defenders and then come back to dribble past them again.
		Garrincha?s game was marked by the same simplicity that marked his approach to life.
		Garrincha was, and still is, rated by most of his countrymen as greater than even Pele.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1041008/asp/opinion/story_3849896.asp (537 words)

	Gustavo Rodriguez Garrincha's biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Garrincha was born on December 29, 1962, in Havana, Cuba.
		Garrincha won 12 international awards and 25 in national competitions.
		Garrincha is the president of the Humor Association in the Cuban Journalists Organization.
	www.wittyworld.com /bios/biogarrincha.html (129 words)

	Soccer
		A little bit about Garrincha, a trully soccer genius that for some strange reason is not recognized around the world.
		The grave is in a country cemetery about an hour's drive from Rio de Janeiro, a simple slab of grimy concrete squeezed between fancier tombs.
		Garrincha was born Manuel dos Santos in this factory town nestled among lush mountains.
	www.ee.umd.edu /~andrekff/soccer.htm (1114 words)

	Road to the World Cup
		April 27, 2006 02:33 PM Garrincha the hero of the World Cups of 1958 and 1962 was also known for his prowess with the ladies.HE had 14 kids.
		Garrincha and Tostao were phenomenal players, but no one could match Pele's overall career and his impact on world sport and society.
		I knew little of Garrincha before reading that, but the book makes the point that a large majority of Brazilians will tell you that Garrincha was a better player.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /worldcup/2006/04/pele_movie.html (1158 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Garrincha died of alcohol poisoning on 20 January 1983, not quite 50.
		In the course of the investigation it became clear that behind the brilliant ball artist was not the debilitated figure often assumed but a highly sensitive person, who finally succumbed to alcohol.
		During the six years that Zagalo and Garrincha were together almost every day, the master dribbler was at the peak of his life.
	www.fifa.com /en/news/index/0,1464,10532,00.html?articleid=10532 (876 words)

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