The first announcements inform readers that an interest meeting for the Buenos Ayres Athletic Society in Palermo will be postponed until further notice. The second announcement by the Buenos Ayres Football Club is for a scheduled match in Flores,…
The first interest meeting for an Athletics event was schedule for May 30, 1867 in Palermo. Events included flat race (100, 400 yards, 1 mile), length jump (running and standing), vaulting, high jump (running and standing), hammer throw, shot put,…
Peron used athletes as part of an opium for his people; Panzeri seeks to reclaim athletics from the political arena Is this a middle-class attempt to reclaim sports from the popular classes?
Perón leaves the adults to their own competitions and instead highlights the state's efforts towards helping students. Images of students from the Unión de Estudiantes Secundarios (UES) shows Perón surrounded by teens in blackface (to mimic the…
In an almost religious manner, Aloé pays homage to the "miracle" of Perón's spiritual transformation of the nation. The victories of Argentine athletes at the Pan-Am Games were the proper way to show gratitude to this humble couple. A great example…
A normal issue of Mundo Deportivo contained on average 82 pages. This issue, number 100, is 246 pages long solely focused on the successful hosting of the 1951 Pan-American Games. Of note is the fascist-style stage. It includes an image of Juan Peron…
Nearly the entire issue is devoted to the Pan-Am Games. Here is the cover, images of the opening ceremonies, and the unveiling of the national velodrome (names "Presidente Perón") for bicycle racing.
The article boasts of how Argentina has become more progressive and shunned ridiculous notions that the "fairer sex" could not participate in sports. This article contains images of women playing billiards under the watchful eye of men.
Inaugural issue of Revista Racing Club de Chivilcoy, a fan magazine largely created by the club itself (unlike its counterparts in other, much larger, institutions in major cities like Buenos Aires). This magazine particularly focuses on cultural and…
The first article describes a training school for track and field instructors in the interior of the country. It is under the direction of CAD, but organized by the City of Buenos Aires and the Commission for Physical Education. In the second…