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Oct 17, 2013 · Thomas Donohoe was born in Busby, a mill town six miles outside Glasgow, in 1863. That same year, the world's first Football Association, external was founded in London.
They began playing football, organised by Donohoe, in 1894 (see next section). In 1897, the British workers asked the factory owners for help in forming a football club. A book celebrating the textile company's centenary, written by Gracilda Alves, says that the company secretary, Eduardo Gomes Ferreira, rejected the proposal.
Oct 17, 2013 · "Thomas Donohoe was the first to bring a football to Brazil, eight months before Charles Miller," Clecio Regis, the statue's designer, tells me in his workshop.
Mar 27, 2011 · A dye expert, Mr Donohoe had moved from Scotland to Brazil in 1893 to work in a textile factory near Rio de Janeiro. Mr Donohoe, who was 31 at the time, had played for teams in Busby before his...
Feb 11, 2024 · Thomas Donohoe came from Renfrewshire but helped to establish football in Rio de Janeiro. However the influence of Scots did not just extend throughout Britain, but across the globe, from Burma...
Jul 23, 2013 · Some people believe it was the Scotsman Thomas Donohoe who brought the first soccer balls to Brazil in the early 1890s. It is said that Donohoe and other British workers from the Bangu factory in Rio de Janeiro introduced the sport to the locals.
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Jun 9, 2021 · The first football match in Brazil was organised by Donohoe and took place in August 1894. From that moment Thomas began to organise football matches at the Bangu Mill where he worked and to form local competitions with other migrant groups and workplaces.
