Soccer great Leonidas da Silva, credited with inventing the bicycle kick, died yesterday in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. He was 90. His bicycle kick, which requires ...
Sportskeeda: Leonidas da Silva- The legend who gave us the bicycle kick
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The history of football contains few more influential players than Brazilian centre forward Leonidas da Silva, who was born 100 years ago today. One of the game’s most important ...
The Guardian: Leonidas da Silva: Google kicks off 100th birthday of the bicycle-kick king
The Brazilian footballer Leonidas da Silva, known as the "Black Diamond" died aged 90 after long years of Alzheimer's disease and diabetes. He was master of the bicycle kick, which brought him so many ...
Leonidas da Silva: Google kicks off 100th birthday of the bicycle-kick king
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Soccer great Leonidas da Silva, credited with inventing the bicycle kick, died Saturday from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was 90. His bicycle kick, which requires the ...
The Independent: Google Doodle celebrates fancy footwork of Brazilian footballer Leonidas da Silva
Leonidas I (/ liəˈnaɪdəs, - dæs /; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the son of king Anaxandridas II and the 17th king of the Agiad dynasty, a Spartan royal house which claimed descent from Heracles. Leonidas I ascended to the throne in c. 489 BC, succeeding his half-brother king ...