This club was intricately tied to Eva Perón. The stadium was named for Eva and the President of the club at one time was her brother (who also passed away in 1952.) With quotes from Perón and a disclaimer to support the 2nd quinquenal, this is very…
Although elated to be world champions, the players from AC Milan leveled harsh criticisms towards Estudiantes (some even refusing to talk about the match). Others claimed that the trophy was not worth it, neither was the war, and that the South…
This article comes at the end of Mundo Deportivo. Perhaps facing financial problems, this article that was supposed to be about Di Stéfano and his arrival in Buenos Aires with Real Madrid, turns into an ad for Remington. But, many references are…
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.
Irigoyen is also the President of the Ateneo Deportivo Femenino. Good biographical piece. (coverage of the bocce ball tournament hosted by the Ateneo Evita is seen on page 30 Jan 15, 1953)
El Gráfico ran a series of ads for English-made bicycles, but Mundo Deportivo ran ads for an Argentine-made bicycle. The bike is "criolla", much like the dark haired woman next to it.
Ana María Schultz, a member of San Lorenzo, is becoming a world-class athlete in swimming--moving from being a local sensation to a national representative.
Because Rácing played their "home" matches in other stadiums for three years, during the construction of their new facility, several adjustments took place. One, which is corroborated through interviews, is that clubs gave women their own section of…