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Images of the members of the men's national soccer team competing at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam

FC Barcelona club players; two images of players colliding for the ball

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…

Image of Independiente winger Raimundo Orsi on the cover of El Gráfico June 14, 1924 (issue No. 258).

Orsi played, along with Monti and another Argentine), on the Italian national team that won the 1934 World Cup, which was honored by Mussolini. Perhaps the presence of 3 Argentines in the squad furthered notions of Argentine superiority in soccer.

Orsi played in the 1928 Olympic team that came second to Uruguay in Amsterdam. This part of his autobiography emphasized his mother and the difficulty in becoming a professional fútbol player

These player profiles often focused on the player's youth ("el pibe")

Player profile on legendary Independiente player Raimundo Orsi (with some mentions of another key player: Renato Cesarini). This article reinforces the trope of the crack player whose youthful energy must have drove his mother crazy but he eventually…