FOOTBALL, RAILWAY AND PATERNALISM
THE RELATION RIO CLARO FUTEBOL CLUBE AND COMPANHIA PAULISTA DE ESTRADAS DE FERRO, 1909-1931
Abstract
This article analyzes three main points: i) the development of workers' soccer in Rio Claro through the creation of the Rio Claro Football Club; ii) the influence of the paternalism of the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (Railway Company of São Paulo) on the freementation of the railway workers; iii) and the factors that led to the decline of this influx. The adhesion of the railroad to football, in addition to allowing the momentary distancing of the strenuous work routine, contributed to the strengthening of the group's ties. Paulista's management, willing to oversee the actions of its employees outside the factory universe, made an effort to intervene in the direction of Rio Claro FC. However, this process was accompanied by tensions, especially with immigrants and children of Italians who came to acquire greater relevance in the daily life of the association.