Seijo is also the name of the club President, who seems to have made his fortune in various businesses such as real estate and glass products. Either way, this ad shows off refined men's fashion in the club magazine.
What is interesting is that Uruguay is blamed for all the "garra" Argentine players have traditionally reacted towards (ignoring the decades of player violence among Argentine teams). "Garra" is thus portrayed as foreign and alien to Argentine…
Along with the accompanying article "Ya era tiempo de una sanción ejemplarizadora", the magazine wonders how sexual harassment could lead a player to be suspended for an entire year.
Comments from fans, often critical, are juxtaposed to a more ignorant time when fans enjoyed the spectacle of sport. But…the new generation does provide the author with something he likes: mini skirts.
The makeup of the spectators in attendance is not heavily dominated by men, and includes many boys and girls. Of note is the contest by which El Domingo offered a 10 peso prize for those spectators circled in the photo (a novel way of trying to sell…
Under Perón, new tournaments allowed children and women to participate in a variety of sports. Here, women prepare to play fútbol: the one sport historically seen as "males-only" throughout Argentina.
One of the standout performers of the 1951 Pan-American Games was Elsa Irigoyen, who later served a crucial role in the diffusion of female sports in the Peronist government.
The Spanish phrase "lo salvó el poste," or "the goal post saved him"...is converted to marital relations as a huge and menacing wife walks by and her husband hides behind a telephone pole with his thin mistress. The image reinforces negative images…