Forum | The first English-born footballer to play for Brazil by dirk_doone

Forum index | Previous Thread | Next thread

The first English-born footballer to play for Brazil 17:07 - Aug 5 with 1231 views

Sidney Pullen left his home city of Southampton with his family when his father got a job in Rio. He became the first foreigner to be capped by Brazil when he played for the Brazilian national team against Argentina, Uruguay and Chile in the first South American Championship.

He also won the Campeonato Carioca 6 times, 5 of them with the country's top club, Flamengo. He would have won more titles but his football career was interrupted when he returned to fight for the country of his birth in the First World War. Pullen later became Flamengo's manager.

http://flamengoeternamente.blogspot.com/2012/02/centenario-de-glorias-sidney-pul

[Post edited 5 Aug 2020 17:33]

Poll:

Who will win the Premier League this season?

The first English-born footballer to play for Brazil on 22:08 - Aug 5 with 1112 views

kingslandstand1

And this man took football to Brazil in the first place and known as the father of Brazilian football Ok, not born in Southampton but this is where he was brought up and clearly knew the "Southampton Way"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Miller

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/heritage/4474010.southampton-player-charles-miller-b

The first English-born footballer to play for Brazil on 09:38 - Aug 6 with 1018 views

SaintNick

Very good that Pullen returned home to fight for his country rather than got taken by the Press Gang in a pub on Portsea Island and woke up in the hold of a ship

Satisfying The Bloodlust Of The Masses In Peacetime

Forum index | Previous Thread | Next thread