Episode 30: Doctor Socrates - Footballer, Philosopher, Legend by Andrew Downie

Was Sócrates the coolest footballer ever?

 

Not only did he complete a medical degree while playing as a professional footballer, captain the Brazil national team, and found Corinthians Democracy, a movement which is credited with inspiring the people of Brazil to overthrow a military dictatorship, he did it all while looking like a stone cold cool motherfucker.

 

In Episode 30 of the Ademola Bookmen Podcast, we review Doctor Sócrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend, the 2017 biography of the great man by Brazil-based journalist Andrew Downie.

 

Do check it out and find out if Sócrates was even cooler than Cole Palmer. And please be sure to like and subscribe.