I never saw much more than a few minutes of video...but my grandfather talked alot about Garrincha when I was growin up. He was one of those guys with low center of gravity and wicked control I hear.
Me personally, I rate alot of guys like Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Okocha. In terms of one dribble I always think of when Vagner Love abuse Gallas...it was dread. Or d first time I saw Okocha hit a man d 'Okocha' especially cuz it was in a world cup, not a small goal sweat
Hoss, daz something eh.. when a man coin a beat such that it name after him..
"De Okocha".. ah remember it; a pull yuh foot over the ball, then stepover one way and go the next way special.. Impossible to defend!
Now yuh cyah talk dribble and leave out Denilson, de quintessential small goal piyong..
Ah could only talk about what I see, and a special mention for Ryan Giggs, Juninho (de nashy one) and Aleksander Hleb.. then Ronaldo9 in his prime..
but imo, in all them old clips, i eh see nobody back then that really was doing anything like what Ronaldinho, Robinho and CR7 are doing nowadays..
I yet to see anybody catch a ball on their chest like dinho, abuse ah man in ah inch of space on the byline like 'binho or have foot speed like Cristiano..