Background
BARBOSA LEITE, Joáo was born on February 2, 1886 in Guajarrahan, Amazonas, Brazil.
BARBOSA LEITE, Joáo was born on February 2, 1886 in Guajarrahan, Amazonas, Brazil.
Educated Escola Preparatoria (Fortaleza, Ceará), Escola de Tática (Realengo, Rio de Janeiro). Graduated Escola de Guerra, Porto Alegre, 1909. Escola de Estado Maior, 1926-1928.
Officer, educator; director of its department, of physical edn., 1931-1933. Teacher, Escola de Sargentos, Vila Militar, 1922-1925. Acting professor., Escola de Estado Maior, 1929.
Military attaché, Brazilian legation in Paraguay, 1930. Retired voluntarily from army in 1933. Director, division of physical edn., ministry of edn. and health, since 1937.
Director, Revista Brasileira de Educagáo Física. Secretary, national sports council.
Member administrative council for Brazilian youth. Member: Associagáo Brasileira de Imprensa, Fluminense Football Club. Azvards: physical edn. medal, France.