over a month later, the name of the association was changed to Botafogo Football Club, at the suggestion of Flávio's maternal grandmother, known as Dona Chiquitota. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas Born from the union between Club de Regatas Botafogo and Botafogo Football Club, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas was officially founded on 8 December 1942, the day of the Immaculate Conception, the club's patron saint. The merger between the two associations had been analyzed since 1931, but for many years it was resisted as people linked to the two clubs, such as historian Antônio Mendes de Oliveira Castro, of rowing, and João Saldanha, of football, guaranteed that Regatas was "infiltrated with Fluminense supporters", which is, among Botafogo's biggest rivals, the only one that never had a department linked to this sport. In the 1940s, however, the union of the clubs was motivated by a tragedy: On 11 June 1942, the Regatas and Football clubs faced each other in a basketball match, for the Carioca Championship. Armando Albano, one of the main players of Botafogo Football Club and of the Brazilian National Team, left work late and arrived at the court with the game already in progress, at the end of the first half. During the break, Armando bent down to pick up a ball and collapsed on the court. He was promptly taken to the locker room and the game restarted. However, after a few minutes of trying to resuscitate him, the news of his death interrupted the match when the score was 23–21 for the football club. The decision to stop the game was made by Botafogo de Regatas, which abdicated the dispute so that Albano could have one last victory as tribute. Involved in a deep atmosphere of commotion, the leaders of the two associations opted for the merger of the clubs. From this date on, the procedure for the merger began, made official around six months later. Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas was born, with a few changes: The flag remained with the horizontal stripes in black and white, but the emblem with the intertwined letters BFC was replaced by a black rectangle with the Lone Star in white. The top rowing symbol was changed to the shape of the football badge, now on a black background with a white outline. Football The 1900s and 1910s: The Glorious One ("O Glorioso") emerges In 1906, Botafogo won