Club Atlético Palermo
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| Full name | Club Atlético Palermo |
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| Founded | 21 July 1914 |
| League | Primera División (AAF) |
| 1934 | 23rd |
Club Atlético Palermo is a sports club from the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club has British roots, so the first clubs in London had been founded as social institutions so therefore they were usually the place where gentlemen of the high classes met.
Palermo played in Primera División, the first division of Argentina, during the 1920s, and then disaffiliated when football became professional in the country. Some relevant players from the institution are Gonzalo Higuaín and Leandro Gracián, who played for Palermo in children divisions. Other sports practised at the club are volleyball, archery, roller skate and martial arts.
At the beginning of the 20th century there was a big British community in Argentina, much of them with commercial interests in the area such as railway lines. The Welsh community mostly established in the city of Rawson, Chubut, at the South of Argentine. The name of that city pays tribute to Guillermo Rawson, the Governor who encouraged Welsh people to establish there. The Irish settled in Exaltación de la Cruz Partido, in the north of Buenos Aires Province, between 1830 and 1840. The main activity of the Irish Immigrants was the agriculture (that is still a huge rural zone) and its legacy persist in cities such as Gaynor or Dugan, named honoring some relevant Irish citizens. By 1838, the Scottish community in Buenos Aires was an important part of the population, so they decided to create the St. Andrew's Scots School to educate their children in their language.
British people started to found their own social institutions, which did not allow non-British members at the beginning of their existence. Some of the clubs with this rule were Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club and Quilmes Athletic Club, although those institutions would finally accept Argentine people as its members as years went by.
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