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Club Atlético Ducilo

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Ducilo
Full nameClub Atlético Ducilo
Nickname(s)Tricolor
LeagueMetropolitano
FoundedNovember 18, 1938; 85 years ago (1938-11-18)
Home ground151 and 5 streets, Berazategui
Personnel
ChairmanPablo "Tierno" Moreira
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Club Atlético Ducilo is a sports club based in Berazategui, Greater Buenos Aires.[2] The club is mostly known for its field hockey teams, with the women's squad currently participating of the Metropolitano championship organised by the Buenos Aires Hockey Association.[3]

Apart from hockey, other sports practised at the club are rugby union and football.

History

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Signage announcing the construction of the Ducilo industrial plant in Berazategui, c. 1935.

The DuPont textile manufacturing company opened its first industrial plant in Argentina in 1937,[4] after acquiring a farm to the Stanfield family of Berazategui. As the plant would produce threads ("hilo" in Spanish) the company thought of a name related. After rejecting some ideas (like "Duhilo"), finally the name "Ducilo" was adopted to start the company's activities in the country.[5][6]

One year later, the company founded "Club Atlético Ducilo", a sports club for its employees and relatives exclusively, although the club would expand its rules of admission through the years.[7]

Ducilo affiliated to the Hockey Association of Buenos Aires in 1962.[3]

In 2007, the Municipality of Berazategui took over the club's headquarters.[7][8]

In 2015, the Municipality expanded the Ducilo's facilities, adding two rugby union and two football fields.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ Caballeros A - Posiciones
  2. ^ Club Ducilo on La Guía de Berazategui
  3. ^ a b Club Ducilo on Guía de Clubes AHBA
  4. ^ "Dupont en Argentina" on DuPont Argentina website
  5. ^ 75° aniversario de Ducilo by David Iurescia on El Quilmeño blog
  6. ^ Ducilo: a 75 años, El Sol, 8 Jul 2012
  7. ^ a b [1] Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Perspectiva Sur, 20 Jun 2007
  8. ^ Intensa actividad en el ex club Ducilo Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, 7 Jan 2013
  9. ^ Continúan las obras en el club Ducilo, Periodismo del Medio, 8 Oct 2015
  10. ^ Avanzan las obras de ampliación en el Club Ducilo con canchas de rugby y fútbol, Perspectiva Sur, 14 Jun 2016
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