Sócrates b. February 19, 1954 d. December 4, 2011 Professional Soccer Player, Activist. Born Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira Sócrates in Belém do Pará, he was a revered Brazilian footballer and co-founder of Brazil's pro-democracy movement advocating rights for players. In the 1970s, he began as a promising soccer player in Ribeirão Preto, where he studied medicine while playing for provincial teams before attaining a medical degree at age 24. After school, he moved to Corinthians, started playing for the São Paulo Club and...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Cemiterio Bom Pastor (Ribeirao Preto), Sao Paulo, Brazil
b. February 19, 1954 d. December 4, 2011