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1947 Honduran Amateur League

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Season
  
1947

Start date
  
1947

Champions
  
Victoria

Champion
  
C.D. Victoria

The 1947 Honduran football season was the first edition of the Amateur League, won by C.D. Victoria, after winning the championship round against C.D. Motagua and C.D. Marathón. Victoria was managed by Francisco Detari and some of the club's famous players at that time were Héctor Briza, Julián Fiallos, Mario Artica, Félix Chimilio and Leonardo Godoy. The trophy was known as the Winston Churchill Cup and was delivered by British Prime Minister Rees John Sowler.

Contents

National championship round

Played in a double round-robin format between the regional champions. Also known as the Triangular.

Victoria's lineup

  • Héctor Baiza · Leonidas Ruiz · Félix Chimilio · Manuel Vega · Julián Fiallos · James Sticker · Óscar Johnson · Rich James · José Castro · Salomón Cáceres · Antonio Fiallos · Abraham Benedit · Maximiliano García · Leonardo Godoy · Ernesto Castillo · Carlos Sosa · Felipe Valencia · Edgardo Galindo · Cirilo Everet · Rolando Soto

    • References

    1947 Honduran Amateur League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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