Santos FC was a manager of Bauru Atlético Clube's junior squad, won three consecutive São Paulo state youth championships between 1954 and 1956 with the child. The boy, called Edson Arantes do Nascimento and who would be better known as "Pelé" in the near future, was the main driving force behind those victories. The contract between Santos and the young Pelé was finalized in June 1956. After 50 years Santos began to be seen as the best team in the world. When Pelé made his debut in the Campeonato Paulista in 1957, the team was already twice state champion (1955/56). The King
Francisco José do Nascimento the abolitionists. In August 30 1881, the harborworkers of Fortaleza were on strike, refusing to transport black slaves to the southern Brazil. The port authority fired Francisco and other harbor workers. Nevertheless, the state of Ceará abolished slavery in 1884, four years before the rest of Brazil. Francisco was celebrated and invited to visit Rio de Janeiro. There he was received as a hero by the local abolitionists; the writer Aluísio de Azevedo was the first to refer to him as "Dragão do Mar. Francisco José do Nascimento died in 1914, in Fortaleza. The Dragão do Mar Center of Art