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The article rebukes the deteriorating climate at stadiums, and applauds Huracán for encouraging women to attend free, with roses and prime seats. (the adjoining article's last words are about the decline of creative fútbol and the growth of a climate…

The labor union proposes an increase in salaries for support staff. AFA's initial refusal leads to government mediation. The first set of data looks at what UTEDYC proposes, while the second set is the end result (below what the union asked for).…

Helpful to compare to similar reports in 1955, 1960, 1965, and 1970

Helpful to compare to similar reports in 1955, 1960, 1965, and 1970

Typical piece on soccer players who moved from rags to riches, and now typify the middle class

Depite the concerns and fears of Argentine sports writers, they nonetheless became optimistic about Argentina's chances to make history at the World Cup in the days before the team left for Sweden.

Rossi's comments are not out of the ordinary for a professional player. But his belief that Argentina could win the World Cup - after a prolonged absence - became part of the prevailing narrative in the press echoed by sports officials, club…

Goles often focused on the exploits of Argentine players in Spain and Italy, including player profiles like this piece, or through coverage of the Italian Serie A and Spain's La Liga.

Beyond the middle-class family lifestyle, notice here that García Pérez is married to actress and singer Inés Fernández

This article is an example of the middle-class lifestyle professional fútbol players embraced and which the media portrayed on a regular baiss in the 1950s.

This article is a perfect example of how star players had become major celebrities in Argentina. But the difference here is that the detials of the private life of Sívori, now playing in Italy, receives as much attention as local players. In the…

Are Dellacha's words an example of hubris, or merely a positive appraisal of Argentine fútbol?

Yet another example of how the sports press portrayed fútbol players as model citizens and symbols of middle-class ascendancy.

This article is an example of the middle-class lifestyle professional fútbol players embraced, and the media portrayed as such, in the 1950s.

A less political look at Frondizi

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…
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