All the Germans, so many Germans

In 1909, a group of young men met in the Clube Ginástico Teuto-Brasileiro Turnverein (German-Brazilian Gymnastics Club Turnverein – "Turnverein" being the German word for gymnastics club), where the German immigrant community of Curitiba gathered to play a variety of sports. In July of that year, a prominent member of the club, Frederico "Fritz" Essenfelder arrived with a leather ball in hand. He explained to his friends that it was a football and he explained the rules of this new game. Fritz and his friends within the club started organizing matches in the field of the Quartel da Força Pública (Public Force Headquarters).

Posted By: watfordcanary on June 3rd 2022 at 16:21:36

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Home friendly versus a Brazilian team, assuming (NCFC) - Azteca, Jun 3, 16:08:08
- Intut this? (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 16:11:53
  - All the Germans, so many Germans (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jun 3, 16:21:36
    - They do love abit of South America. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 3, 16:54:32
  - Let’s hope it’s as successful as all our previous partnerships with other clubs which (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jun 3, 16:13:27
    - I hope for their sake we aren’t sharing our scouting techniques (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jun 3, 17:30:16
    - Wasn't Ferencvaros One? (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Jun 3, 17:19:47
    - Parma was my favourite. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jun 3, 16:13:44
      - VMT^ It's always the first one to mind. This isn't exciting news in any way (NCFC) - NJ_Canary, Jun 3, 16:39:24
        
        Might be a cunning ruse to send Todd on loan there (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jun 3, 17:04:33

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