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Alumni Athletic Club
Images of Alumni Athletic Club in 1902 (heyday) and 1910 (towards the end of their dominance). [View image 1 and image 2 accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Tags: 1902, 1910, Alumni, amateurism, clubs, photograph
Alumni vs Porteño 1911
Alumni Athletic Club (white shorts) and Porteño (dark shorts) compete for the during the league championship in 1911 at Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires. Alumni won 2-1 and secured the league title once again (10 titles in 12 years). [Image in…
Tags: 1911, Alumni, amateurism, clubs, Gimnasia y Esgrima, photograph, Porteño, tournament
Argentina at the 1916 Campeonato Sudamericano
Argentina team poses for picture before its match against Chile, a game La Albiceleste won by a score of 6-1. The Campeonato Sudamericano is known today as Copa América. [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Tags: 1916, Chile, Copa Sudamericana, La Prensa, national team, photograph, tournament
Argentina vs. FC Barcelona, 1928
Barcelona goalkeeper, Hungarian Francisco Platko Klopetz, dives for the ball as Argentine and Barcelona players watch. In the second image, Platko latches onto the ball as Domingo Tarasconi and Raimundo Orsi charge the Barcelona keeper. The game, an…
Argentine national team in Italy, 1934
Image of players and team staff in Italy for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. Argentina would lose its only match, a round of 16 game against Sweden. [Image first appeared online at l'Ultimo Uomo (June 5, 2014) in a post entitled "Chacareros"]
Tags: 1934, Italy, national team, photograph, World Cup
Boca Juniors vs. FC Barcelona, 1928
Boca Juniors goalkeeper leaps for the ball as a Barcelona player goes for a header. The game, an international club friendly played in Buenos Aires, ended in a 2-1 win for the Catalan club. [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Buenos Aires Cricket Club
Image of the Buenos Aires Cricket Club, which hosted some of the earliest organized sports matches in Argentina including cricket, football, and rugby.
Caras sucias
Sivori, Angelillo and other with coach Stabile
Tags: 1957, Copa Sudamericana, national team, Sivori, Stabile, tournament
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago
Artist Antonio Berni captures the passion for soccer among Argentina's youth. These young "pibes" are supporters of Club Atlético Nueva Chicago and aspire to one day play for their team. [Painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York via the…
Tags: 1937, art, Berni, Nueva Chicago, pibes
Club Atlético Tigre (1902 and 1925)
Players and staff of Club Atlético Tigre pose for a team picture in 1902 and 1925. [Image 1 and image 2 accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Tags: 1902, 1925, photograph, Tigre
Copa Mundial de 1930 - Seleccionado argentino
Argentina team poses for pictureat the 1930 World Cup, where La Albiceleste finished second to Uruguay. [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Tags: 1930, national team, photograph, Uruguay, World Cup
Death of Mario Linker
Linker's body is visible among the gases in the stands.
Tags: 1958, death, fan violence, gas canisters, Linker, police, stadium, Velez Sarsfield
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Photograph portrait of Domingo F. Sarmiento: President of Argentina, Minister of Education, educator, intellectual, author, and member of the "1837 Generation" of liberals inspired by European Romanticism and democratic ideals. Sarmiento was a vocal…
Tags: 1880s, education, nineteenth century, photograph, politics, Sarmiento