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Photo of Angel "El feo" Labruna: historic goal-scorer for River Plate (1940s-1950s)
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Photo of Angel Labruna and Enrique Omar Sívori: star strikers for River Plate and Argentina
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Photo of legendary club president Antonio Liberti. River Plate's stadium is currently named in his honor.
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Photo of three star players for the national team and River Plate
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Photo of Enrique Omar Sívori in his debut year for River Plate
Scene from "El cañonero de Giles"
Comedic actor Luis Sandrini sits a card table with others in the film El cañonero de Giles.
Scene from "El centroforward murió al amanecer"
The main character, played by Luis Medina Castro, tries to escape the clutches of the mysterious Mr. Lupus.
Scene from "Con los mismos colores"
Featuring Mario Boyé, Norberto "Tucho" Méndez, and Alfredo Di Stéfano (featured in this image), Con los mismos colores (1948) elevated fútbol players from secondary characters to the fore.
Scene from "Con los mismos colores"
Featuring Mario Boyé, Norberto "Tucho" Méndez (both of whom are featured in this image), and Alfredo Di Stéfano, Con los mismos colores (1948) elevated fútbol players from secondary characters to the fore.
Scene from "El cura Lorenzo"
El cura Lorenzo tells the story of the priest that helped found Club Atlético San Lorenzo
Poster for the film "Escuela de Campeones"
Escuela de campeones helped immortalize Alexander Watson Hutton as the "father" of fútbol in Argentina, making him criollo by virtue of his commitement to Argentina and its people.
Scene from "Escuela de Campeones"
This scene shows how education and schooling became important vehicles for the dissimination of football. Here, Scotsman Alexander Watson Hutton teaches his young "criollo" pupils a lesson about sports and life in general.
Scene from "El hijo del crack"
This 1953 features Armando Bo as a down-on-his-luck fútbol player struggling to survive, make sense of his life, and raise his only son.
Scene from "El hijo del crack"
This 1953 features Armando Bo as a down-on-his-luck fútbol player struggling to survive, make sense of his life, and raise his only son.
Scene from "El hincha"
Enrique Santos Discépolo was a famed tango composer who crafted a screenplay that shared his other passion in life: fútbol. The film is heavy on social commentary that was populist in nature, and also centered on what Discépolo saw as the essence of…
Scene from "El hincha"
Enrique Santos Discépolo was a famed tango composer who crafted a screenplay that shared his other passion in life: fútbol. The film is heavy on social commentary that was populist in nature, and also centered on what Discépolo saw as the essence of…