births
January 11, 1941
Gérson, Brazilian footballer
Gérson
Gérson de Oliveira Nunes, generally known as Gérson, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. He is widely known as "the brain" behind the Brazil Football Team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.