Category Archives: 1916_1950

The period from 1916 to 1950 was characterized by the fact that the team was 100% amateur, and because after entering the youth division of the Central Association of Santiago from 1921 to 1923, the club’s efforts are refocused on the practice of tennis, with surprising results.

Article N°5: Palestina Sport Club, the golden age of tennis

Note: This is the article Nº5 about the historical research about Club Deportivo Palestino for the project ‘4 Colores’

Previously it was said that Club Deportivo Palestino, after having participated between 1921 and 1923 in the youth championship of the Football Association of Santiago, and having retired from competition for finding a hostile environment in Chilean society, chose for focusing their energies on playing tennis, because it is a less contact sport and more of a gentleman’s game. (1)

Indeed, during those years it was called ‘Palestina Sport Club’ or ‘Palestina Sporting Club’, on the style of tennis club names.

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Article Nº4: The First T-shirt of Club Deportivo Palestino and its most likely origin

Note: This is the article Nº4 about the historical research about Club Deportivo Palestino for the project ‘4 Colores’

Most of the fans of the Club Deportivo Palestino don’t know what was the design of the first t-shirt of the team.

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Article Nº3: First line up of Club Deportivo Palestino and origins of football in Palestine.

Note: This is the article Nº3 about the historical research about Club Deportivo Palestino for the project ‘4 Colores’

First Palestino’s line up in 1920

This was the so-called “honor team”, first team of Club Deportivo Palestino from 1920s, the team was made up entirely of elements of the Palestinian community. (1)

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Article N°2: Club Deportivo Palestino’s early years

Note: This is the article Nº2 about the historical research about Club Deportivo Palestino for the project ‘4 Colores’

Continuing with the historical discoveries from the ‘4 Colores’ Project, we will refer to the Club Deportivo Palestino early years

The 6th page of ‘Los Sports’ magazine begin with this paragraph:

“The august 8th of 1920 a small but enthusiast group of young men from the (palestinian) community and settled the roots of a new sport institution called ‘Palestina Football Club’ “

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Article N°1: Club Deportivo Palestino’s first statutes

This is the first of the discoveries about the ‘4 Colores’ project, inside the historical research about Club Deportivo Palestino.

One of them was to find the original statutes of the team, from 1916 (our regards to Rachel Beaty for getting the document from the National Library of Chile and taking the pictures), before the football branch was founded.

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