Pelé match-worn green New York Cosmos No.10 shirt, 1976.

Pelé match-worn green New York Cosmos No.10 shirt from the pre-season game v Seattle Sounders in the first sporting event held in the Kingdome, Seattle, 9th April 1976, in Aertex, short-sleeved with gold collar & cuffs, numbered 10 to right sleeve and the reverse which is also lettered PELE.

A crowd of 58,128 attended this match, reportedly setting a record crowd for a US soccer match. Cosmos won 3-1 and Pele scored two of the goals. The Kingdome, a massive concrete structure, had officially opened 13 days earlier.

Provenance: The Charles Martinelli Collection. Former Equipment Manager of the New York Cosmos.

Graham Budd Auctions 7th November 2016, lot 908.

The following lots 779 to 879 relate to the career of football legend Pele.