Jorge Py

Jorge Tavares Py was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender.

Career

A renowned defender at Grêmio, he made 143 appearances for the club, winning the Porto Alegre city championship several times and the state championship twice. In 1926 he arrived at Fluminense where he won the Torneio Início in 1927 and the Campeonato Carioca runners-up. He also played as a basketball player.

Personal life

Jorge Py is half-brother of Aurélio de Lima Py, president of Grêmio FBPA and brother of João Tavares Py, also a footballer.

Honours

Football

;Grêmio

Campeonato Gaúcho: 1921, 1922
Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925

;Fluminense

Torneio Início: 1927
Basketball

;Fluminense

Campeonato Carioca de Basquete: 1926, 1927
Death

Jorge Py died in a landslide occurred in Teresópolis, in the early hours of 9 March 1930, when returning by train to Rio de Janeiro after playing a friendly football match.