Sidney Pullen

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::summary English footballer (1895–1950s) ::

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Field	Value
name	Sidney Pullen
birth_date
birth_place	Southampton, England
death_date	1 August 1950
death_place	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
position	Midfielder
years1	1910–1914
clubs1	Paysandu
years2	1915–1925
clubs2	Flamengo
caps2	116
goals2	49
clubs3	Fluminense
nationalyears1	1916–1917
nationalteam1	Brazil
nationalcaps1	3
nationalgoals1	0
managerclubs1	Flamengo
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Biography

Born in Southampton, Pullen migrated to Brazil after his father, Hugh Pullen, was transferred to a factory in Rio de Janeiro. When Paysandu closed their football department, he moved to Flamengo, and his father imported from Germany the kit known as coral snake. During World War I, he left Flamengo to fight for England. Sidney Pullen died in the 1950s, in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Pullen started his career in 1910, defending Paysandu, a Rio de Janeiro team founded by English expatriates, winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1912. After the club closed their football department in 1914, he moved to Flamengo in 1915, where he played 116 matches and scored 40 goals, winning the Campeonato Carioca five times before leaving the club in 1925. He also worked as Flamengo's head coach.

Internnational career

Pullen was the first of only five foreigners to play for the Brazil national team. He played five matches between 1916 and 1917, thereof three 1916 Copa América matches in July 1916. In 1917 he played for Brazil in two test matches against the club sides Dublin FC from Montevideo and Sportivo Barracas from Buenos Aires.

Refereeing career

Pullen worked as a referee in one match of the 1916 Copa América. The match was played on 6 July, between Argentina and Chile.

References

• Marcelo Leme de Arruda, André do Nascimento Pereira: Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1914-1922, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil, 15 February 2014.

Notes:

References

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2. "Um súdito da rainha no país do futebol". UOL.
3. "Sidney Pullen". [[Brazilian Football Confederation.
4. (2001). "Almanaque do Flamengo". Editora Abril.
5. (17 August 2018). "Após 76 anos, Andreas Pereira é 5º estrangeiro na seleção brasileira". R7.

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