One of the greatest footballers of all time had a very unusual initiation he used to welcome new team-mates and lived a quite frankly absurd life on and off the pitch View 3 Images Garrincha (left) pictured with fellow Brazil icon Pele (right) had some very unusual habits (Image: Getty Images)

Widely considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, Brazil legend Garrincha lived an extraordinary life , to say the least. ‌

The iconic Pele , who alongside the wing wizard achieved back-to-back World Cup victories in 1958 and 1962, said the "incredible" Garrincha "could do things with the ball that no other player could". Garrincha, who died in January 1983 aged 49, but would have turned 92 today (Tuesday, October 28) if he was still with us, was born Manuel Francisco

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