A Bola na Marca da Cal – O futebol amador em Uberlândia e a LUF - Liga Uberlandense de Futebol (1930 - 1945)

Abstract

Football is undoubtedly an activity associated with our Brazilianness. He arrived timidly with Europeans who came to Brazil for work or with Brazilians who went to Europe to study. When they returned, these Brazilians brought a ball and some uniforms. Gradually it was taking over colleges and factories, fields were opened on vacant lots and soon it was drawing attention. The present work aims to present the development of the so-called Breton sport in the city of Uberlândia-MG, observing details of the emergence of the ball game until some traditional teams were consolidated in the 30s and 40s of the 20th century. Analyzing the newspapers A Tribuna, O Estado de Goyaz and Correio de Uberlândia, in addition to images and writings by memorialists, we can follow how the development of this sport in the city was, the main characters and their swoops in the social and political field. Finally, we followed the creation of the Uberlandia Football League, verifying the initial challenges and how the political role in its creation was relevant. Keywords: Football, Sport, Uberlandia Football League, Uberlândia.