Atlanta Datagraphic was an amateur U.S.

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club sponsored by the Datagraphic firm of

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. It won the 1979

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History

In 1979, George D. Baker, president of Datagraphic, a printing firm located in

, founded a men’s amateur soccer team. The team rapidly proved itself as one nation’s top amateur clubs as it took the 1979

. Over the years, the club expanded to include youth, women’s and over-30 teams. By the mid-1980s, the club had over thirty teams. In 1986, the senior team was coached by David Chadwick. In 1992, it fielded a semi-professional club, the Atlanta Datagraphic Magic in the

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. Datagraphic played in the Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League during the 1980s.

Coaches

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1984 * David Chadwick 1986 * John Staniforth 1991 * Daniel "Danny" Hay 1982 * Doug Yearwood 1998

Honors

* Winner (1) – 1979 * Runner Up (2) – 1980, 1987 * 3rd in nation Under 19 – 1982 National O30 Amateur Cup * Runner Up 1998

References

{{Reflist Atlanta Silverbacks FC Soccer clubs in Atlanta Defunct soccer clubs in Georgia (U.S. state) Association football clubs established in 1979 1979 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)