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Vavá

Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2002)

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Born
November 12, 1934
Died
January 19, 2002
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1934

About Vavá

Edvaldo Izidio Neto, commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Nicknamed "Peito de Aço", he most notably played for Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras and the Brazil national team. He was in the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, in which he scored five and four goals, respectively. Vavá earned twenty caps with the Brazil national team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of fifteen goals.

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Vavá timeline

  1. Vavá earned twenty caps with the Brazil national team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of fifteen goals.
  2. He was in the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, in which he scored five and four goals, respectively.

The world when Vavá was born

Vavá was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Vavá's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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