Sam Dauya (October 22, 1937 – May 11, 2008) was the

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an founder of the

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football team, which was founded in 1963 and is based in

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. sam was born to

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an parents in Waterfalls, Zimbabwe, on October 22, 1937. He attended St Michael's School as a student. His first job following the completion of his studies was as a

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at Zimbabwe Furnishers, which at the time was owned by Teddy Cohen. Sam began thinking of starting his own soccer team in the early 1960s, after authorities in what was then known as

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started a professional football in 1962 composed exclusively of white players. Blacks were not permitted to play on the Rhodesian teams. Coincidentally, two black football teams, Salisbury City and

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, were disbanded at approximately this time. Dauya approached members of the defunct teams about starting a new

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for black players. Dynamos F.C. was officially founded in 1963, composed of players from black townships surrounding

. Dauya personally designed the team's first

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and wrote the club's

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. Sam Dauya died at a private hospital in

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, on May 11, 2008, at the age of 70. He died just one day after Dynamos F.C. defeated the current African champions, Etoile du Sahel. Mourners gathered to remember Dauya at his home at Number 6 Smit Crescent in Eastlea, Zimbabwe. He was survived by three children Terry, Caroline and Jackie. He has eight grandchildren Tim, Will, Jon, Theo, Eli, Malachai, Livia and Jonathan. His wife was the late Chipo Judith Banda.

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