Singularidades do futebol da cidade de Rio Grande/RS na década de 1930

Abstract

The 1930 reserve a significant amount of significant events for football, such as the professionalization process, constitution or consolidation of rivalries and constant fighting. These special features, added to a place of spread in Brazilian society do an exponent of this decade period for the sport. Among this scenario, the clubs of the city of Rio Grande / RS have reached its greatest footballing feats, three state championships in the years 1933, 1936 and 1939. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate and contextualize the football practice in the city this season and questioning the main components (stadiums, assistance the games, excursions, etc...) and analyzing the peculiarities that involved the biggest clubs in the city. Order to achieve our objectives we used the newspaper "O Tempo" - periodic local circulation in the period surveyed - as the main data source. The samples between 1 January 1930 and 28 January 1940 were analyzed. Through this study, we found that riograndinos were inserted in the football context in its many singularities. The football proliferation may be seen by great repercussion in newspapers and numerous clubs / teams scattered around the city, rivalries and fights among the main local clubs and these clubs with the city of Pelotas are recurring subjects throughout the decade studied, on the other hand, the professionalism appears the most discreet and covert way, but is also a relevant issue at your local. Finally, we identified that these singularities have been part of the structure, organization and achievements of local football in the decade studied, becoming a relevant period for riograndino football.