Spread of The Game Overseas
In 1894, soccer was taken to Brazil by Charles William Miller, a Brazilian of British descent. He had been sent to England for schooling and learned to play football whilst at Banister Court School in Southampton, Hampshire. The Scottish style is believed to have been adopted by the Austrians, Hungarians, Argentinians and Uruguayans.
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