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¿Frondizi, síntesis en el dilema "civilización y barbarie"?
Jauretche, an influential journalist, sees popular support for Arturo Frondizi as a marker that the Argentine people are rewriting their history and finally embracing civility over militarism; however, Frondizi's rise may only mark the melding of…
A la búsqueda del prestigio perdido
Insight into the current state of the national team via interviews with some of the nation's most important coaches.
Billiken December 17, 1951
Billiken was the unrivaled magazine for children. Under the Atlántida publishing firm, it posed a serious dilemma for the Peronist regime, which sought to influence and control what children learned. This led to the creation of Mundo Infantil.
Cerco de un metro de altura se exigió a los clubes afiliados
A helpful summary to understand the long history of violence in Argentine fútbol
Diferencias substanciales impiden el cotejo de tipos de fútbol
Borocotó continues his look into the opposing playing styles on exhibit at the matches played in Europe. He also provides some historical backdrop.
Don Alejandro Watson Hutton: ¡Presente!
Peronist literature often viewed the past through an ultra-nationalist lens. Here, this article labels the Argentine players leaving for England as the "spiritual children" of Watson.
El fútbol de antes y el fútbol actual
Every generation looks fondly at the past. Although the late 1940s is characterized to this day as a golden age, this article shows that in 1949 many were worried about the quality of play based on training and tactics…not natural-born talent,…
Esta es la otra cara
The magazine outlines why it is time to normalize AFA and end its prolonged intervention
Frondizi será Presidente
Romero, an intellectual and noted historian, was a Socialist figure and professor at Universidad de la Plata. He provides reasons, a year away from possible elections, as to why Frondizi will become the next President of Argentina. This a valuable…
Fútbol: el presidente que quiere vivir
As the brother to the Vice-President, Perette is another in a long line of AFA Presidents that were intimately tied to the head of state (such as Ramón Castillo in the early 1940s, Oscar Nicolini under Perón, and Frondizi's childhood friend Raúl…
Glasgow: una cita con la esperanza argentina
Celtic, the European champions from Scotland, remind Argetines of Alexander Watson Hutton and the beginning of organized football in Argentina. This is the preview on the day of the match.
Invento de ellos, aunque todavía no lo "registraron"
By equating success with trophies, the Argentine columnist ridicules the English perception that they are still "masters" of the game when they have no trophies to show for it (much like Argentina, ironically enough, but Argentina defeated England…
La FIFA dice que investigará: sí, pero…¿qué?; "El día más negro en la historia de Celtic"
FIFA will investigate the unfortunate events in the matches played in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (although it is not clear what FIFA can do) and Campeón summarizes reactions in the British press about Celtic's loss.
Las Hadas Buenas
Sample entries from a textbook for early readers from the mid-1950s. Eva is no longer the first person featured, she is second after the mother.
Los campeones
Helpful list for analyzing why Argentina held such high esteem and expectations for its soccer in 1955