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2 unusual facts about Albinegros de Orizaba


Albinegros de Orizaba

After having a bad year in the Primera A The owner sales the club and is relocated in Yucatán where it played under the name of Lagartos de Tabasco remaining the only affiliate second division team which remains as the city's club.

A few years later Duncan Macomish and Thomas Hanghey along with Englis migrant Percy C. Clifford a pioneer in the sport in Mexico City decided to form a semi professional league that would include clubs from the capital in from Providence.


1942–43 Copa Mexico

The clubs Guadalajara and Atlas as well ADO (Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña) and Veracruz joined the league, so, the Cup Tournament of 1942-43 season was the first one in the Professional Era.


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