The Club Deportivo Thomas Bata is a
Chilean amateur
sports club based in
Peñaflor. It was founded in 1940 by employees of the local
Bata Shoes
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factory, and its name is a tribute to
Tomáš Baťa, the company's founder.
The club had many sport branches, being the most famous the basketball branch. Today only the
amateur football and the
Roller hockey branches are still active.
Association football
In 1953, the team won the
Segunda Division league, but the club could not be promoted to
top level because the company decided to withdraw its financial support.
Currently, Thomas Bata only plays in its local
amateur
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league.
National honours
*
Segunda División
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: 1
::1953
*
Cuarta División: 1
::1988
Minor titles
*Regional Zona Central: 12
::1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1978
Basketball
Thomas Bata's basketball was a successful team; being the only Chilean team to have won the
South American Club tournament, (back in 1967).
In 1979 the team joins the
Chilean professional league being its first champion (1979), participating until 1986, when they retired.
National honours
*
División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile The División Mayor del Básquetbol de Chile, DIMAYOR (officially the ''Copa Club Kino'' for sponsorship reasons), was one of the national professional basketball leagues in Chile, along with the Liga Nacional Movistar. The league was created in 19 ...
: 1
::1979
*Torneos de Clubes Campeones de Chile: 2
::1967, 1974
International honours
*
Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes: 1
::1967
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1940 establishments in Chile
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