President Juan Perón was an avid sportsman (or at least this was the image he wanted to present to the public) and was especially fond of automobile and motorcycle racing. In this 1954 picture, Perón poses with his motorcycle "Velocette." [Image…
Boca Juniors goalkeeper leaps for the ball as a Barcelona player goes for a header. The game, an international club friendly played in Buenos Aires, ended in a 2-1 win for the Catalan club. [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
Barcelona goalkeeper, Hungarian Francisco Platko Klopetz, dives for the ball as Argentine and Barcelona players watch. In the second image, Platko latches onto the ball as Domingo Tarasconi and Raimundo Orsi charge the Barcelona keeper. The game, an…
Images of Argentine soldiers during the Malvinas (Falklands) War in 1982, including POWs captured and detained at Port Stanley (photographs from Ken Griffiths). [Image accessible at Wikimedia Commons]
These images show the grandstands of the old Racing Club stadium, located at Alsina and Colón. [Image 1 and image 2 in the public domain and can be found on Wikimedia Commons]
A photograph of F.C. Motherwell players and coaches onboard the RML Almanzora, with destination to Rio De Janeiro, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires (May-July 1928). Manager John "Sailor" Hunter is standing on the far right of the picture.
A photograph of Motherwell F.C. players before their game against Argentina's provincial select team, played on May 17, 1928, which Motherwell lost by a score of 2-1.
Image of the Buenos Aires Cricket Club, which hosted some of the earliest organized sports matches in Argentina including cricket, football, and rugby.
Pre-game moment when the captain of Motherwell F.C., Robert Ferrier, receives a gift (club pendant flag) from Peñarol officials. Motherwell's manager, John "Sailor" Hunter, is pictured to the far right.
Members of the Motherwell F.C. delegation at Waterloo Station in London, headed to Southampton, where they will then board the R.M.S.P Almanzora to South America.