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In July of 1968, the Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron hit his 500th career home run in front of 34,283 in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Six weeks later, Pele scored a hat trick in the same stadium in Santos’ 6-2 win over the Atlanta Chiefs.

The crowd of 26,173 who witnessed Pele’s feat in 1968 was still Atlanta’s soccer game attendance record when Atlanta bid un

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