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Thomas Donohoe, the "Father Of Brazilian Football", was a master dyer in the calico printing industry. Thomas emigrated to Brazil in 1894. [1] He organized football matches in Bangu (now a suburb of Rio de Janeiro) that year with fellow employees of the textile company Progresso Industrial Do Brazil.
Oct 17, 2013 · Few supporters of Charles Miller's claim to be the father of Brazilian football dispute the accuracy of Molinari's work. They do, however, question Donohoe's significance.
Mar 25, 2011 · A SCOT has been unveiled as the true father of Brazilian football. And, as we pepare to face the samba stars in a friendly in London on Sunday, Thomas Donohoe's soccer legacy can be...
Jul 22, 2022 · Who is the true father of football in Brazil? Donohoe had been employed as a print worker in the local cotton mills in Busby before Scotland's declining cotton industry prompted him to...
Scot Charles Miller, who is widely recognised as ‘the Father of Brazilian football’, was the son of John Miller, a Scottish railway engineer, who lived in Sao Paulo. Miller was sent to Southampton for an education and would go on to play football at County level for Hampshire.
Thomas Donohoe, the "Father Of Brazilian Football", was a master dyer in the calico printing industry. Thomas emigrated to Brazil in 1894. He organized football matches in Bangu (now a suburb of Rio de Janeiro) that year with fellow employees of the textile company Progresso Industrial Do Brazil.
Apr 17, 2017 · Four years later, Scottish expatriate Thomas Donohoe introduced the game of football to Brazil, a timely entrance precipitating its widespread uptake, somewhat viewed as the evolution of capoeira, not its downfall; a key juncture at which both disciplines merged into one, a development that would go on to shape Brazilian football as we know it.
