Atlanta Chiefs soccer players Emment Kapengwe and Henry Largie riding in a parade car through downtown Atlanta as spectators look on Source: Bo Richmond Photograph Collection. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

#AtlantaChiefs players Emment Kapengwe (l) and Henry Largie (r) taking part in the Fourth of July Parade through downtown #Atlanta, 1969. Kapengwe would later (briefly) play for #AstonVilla during the 1969-70 season (Source: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library)

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I just saw the sad news that pioneering Jamaican football player, coach, & Bob Marley’s music mgr. Allan “Skill” Cole died earlier this month. Cole had a (very) brief stint w/the #AtlantaChiefs before Santos & Náutico in Brazil & the Jamaican national team.

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#OnThisDay in 1979 – Goals by Nino Zec, George & Louie Nanchoff gave #AtlantaChiefs a 3:1 triumph over #WashingtonDiplomats, in a friendly, played at #DominicanRepublic’s Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte. Danny Molendyk had only tally for the Diplomats.