El pez volador

Yustrich is at the top- Jaime Lema (San Lorenzo de Almagro) below.

Juan Yustrich was Boca's first choice goalkeeper from 1932-37, winning league titles in 1934 and 1935. He represented Argentina once (in 1940).

Perinetti, Recanatini & Onzari

This 1932 edition of El Grafico featured 3 seasoned campaigners.

Natalio Perinetti (Racing Club de Avellaneda)
Perinetti's ghost is said to haunt the Estadio Juan Domingo Perón, though he never played there. He won 5 Primera División titles with Racing and was capped 7 times by Argentina. 

Humberto Recanatini (Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata) 
Recanatini was 34 when he joined Gimnasia. He had represented Argentina 17 times (1919-31).

Cesáreo Onzari (Club Atlético Huracán) 
The scorer of the original Gol Olímpico won 15 caps (1922–24).

Alejandro Mena

Alejandro Mena played in Boca Juniors' title winning teams in 1930 (Asociación Amateurs Argentina de Football Primera División) and 1931 (Liga Argentina de Football - Primera División).

Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1927

Played in Lima, Peru, the 1927 South American Championship of Nations featured Uruguay, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia.
In the 5th match Argentina defeated Uruguay 3-2 (Adhemar Canavesi's own goal proving to be the winner). Match 6 saw Argentina seal the championship with a 5-1 win over Peru. It was Argentina's 3rd championship.
Argentina used 15 players during the tournament:

v Bolivia,  30.10.27	v Uruguay, 20.11.27			v  Peru, 27.11.27
7-1	3-2			5-1
Octavio Díaz		Octavio Díaz		Angel Bossio
Ludovico Bidoglio		Ludovico Bidoglio	Ludovico Bidoglio
Humberto Recanattini		Humberto Recanattini	Humberto Recanattini
Juan Evaristo		Juan Evaristo	Juan Evaristo
Luis Monti		Luis Monti	Luis Monti
José Fossa	Adolfo Zumelzú		Adolfo Zumelzú
Alfredo Carricaberry		Alfredo Carricaberry	Alfredo Carricaberry
Pedro Ochoa	Juan Maglio		Juan Maglio
Manuel Nolo Ferreira		Manuel Nolo Ferreira	Manuel Nolo Ferreira
Manuel Seoane		Manuel Seoane	Manuel Seoane
Segundo Luna		Segundo Luna		Raimundo Orsi

The squad featured 2 future World Cup winners- Luis Monti and Mumo Orsi- although the pair were representing Italy when they won this honour in 1934.

The goals were shared by:

Luna-3

Carricaberry-3

Recanattini-2

Seoane- 2

Ferreira- 2

Maglio-2

Own goals- 1

El Palomo

Bologna were the Italian champions of  1928-29. Just a fortnight after the decisive play off match both Bologna and runners up Torino were in South America on tour. One of the highlights of the tour was the clash between Bologna and Argentina on 15.08.29 which Argentina won 3-1 and in which  Bartolucci of Huracán figured prominently at right half.

The photographs above show Bartolucci executing the move that earned him the nickname Palomo (The Dove)- for it was he who introduced la palomita- the diving header.

Bartolucci was also instrumental in setting up Asociación Mutual de Jugadores, which led to the professionalization of Argentinian football in 1931.

Argentina and Bologna, 15.08.29

Shorts

The male stars of the 1920s certainly didn't wear shorts that brief, even in progressive Argentina. There was always an element of titillation and novelty around the coverage of the womens' game.

Football is not a delicate sport ...

The football I cultivated was a real demonstration of hardiness and energy. A game more brusque, but virile,beautiful, vigorous. The modern football is weakened by an excess of passing close to the goal. It is a game that is more fine, perhaps more artistic, even apparently more intelligent, but it has lost its primitive enthusiasm.
It is important to keep in mind that football is not a delicate sport...it is a violent and strong game.
Jorge Gibson Brown- El Grafico 

The article was originally published in 1921. 
Jorge Gibson Brown won 9 Primera División titles with Alumni and 1 with Quilmes. Between 1902-1913 he made 23 appearances for Argentina, 18 as captain. 
Brown belonged to an era in which Argentine football modelled itself on the English game before the emergence of fútbol criollo.

Extranjeros

Foreigners who played international football for Argentina pre 1937:

Héctor Henman (1906)
Harold James Henman was born in Oxford England and moved to South Africa when he was a boy. In 1906 , having toured Argentina with a South Africa XI  (playing in an unofficial international) he settled in the country, playing for Alumni before representing Argentina  in a Copa Newton match v Uruguay.

 Leonel (Alfredo?) Peel Yates
All the reference sites tell us that Alfredo Peel Yates was born in England and represented Argentina 4 times in 1911. When I tried to find out a bit more about Peel Yates I found that he was referred to in Argentinian sources as either Leonel or Lionel Peel Yates.  
A history of AA Estudiantes De Río Cuarto Cordoba tells us that Peel Yates, ' a vigorous man, of medium height and enormous mustaches' had played for Alumni in 1911 and had become the first Englishman to represent Argentina. The same source states that in 1912 he joined Quilmes AC, with whom he won the national championship.

An online history of Quilmes AC celebrating the centenary of this championship win lists Lionel Peel Yates as being one of 6 former Alumni players joining the club that season

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I have also come across references to Leonel Peel Yates as having paid into a subscription that aided the introduction of Polo to Argentina.

Horacio Vignoles 
Born in Uruguay!  Belgrano Athletic's Horacio Vignoles played for Argentina in a 2-1 win over the country of his birth on July 9 1913.

Zoilo Canavery (Caneveri)
Canavery played most of his football for Independiente, though he was at CARP when capped. He  was  the second Uruguayan to play for Argentina, playing on the right wing in a Copa Lipton match against Uruguay on August 15,1916.

Marius Hiller, also known as Eduardo Hiller, was born in Pforzheim. Hiller made his debut for Germany on 3 April 1910, and (at 17 years, 241 days) remains the youngest player to score an international goal for the Germans. In 1912 Hiller joined  FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland) . In 1913 he emigrated to Argentina (due to his job) and played for All Boys and River Plate .On August 15, 1916 he made his debut for Argentina  in a 3-1 victory over Uruguay, scoring on his international debut for a second time. His 2 international appearances for Argentina yielded 4 goals. In the 1917  season Hiller scored 52 goals in 39 games. 

Renato Cesarini
A genuine oriundo! Cesarini was born in Italy, raised in Argentina. He played twice for Argentina before returning to Italy (signed by Juventus in 1929), where he gained a further 11 caps.

Pedro "Arico" Suárez
Arico was born in Gran Canaria. His family moved to Argentina when he was a baby. He enjoyed considerable success with Boca Juniors and was in the Argentina team for the 1930 World Cup final. He represented Argentina 12 times between 1930 and 1940.

Constantino Urbieta Sosa 
Midfielder Sosa played 2 internationals for his native Paraguay in 1931. That year he left Nacional (Asuncion) to play his club football with Newell's Old Boys. He settled in Argentina, playing for a succession of clubs, and featured for Argentina in the 1934 World Cup .

Aarón Wergifker 
Born in São Paulo, "Brazuca" played in defence for River Plate, making more than 400 appearances. He represented Argentina 4 times (1934-36).

Manuel De Sáa  
2 caps in 1935 for the Spanish born Vélez Sarsfield player.

Pedro Calomino

Pedro Bleo Fournol, known as Calomino, was famed for his dribbling. Calomino played for Boca Juniors from 1911- 1924 (except for the season 1914, which he spent with Hispano).  He was top-scorer in 6 seasons (1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919) and won 4 championships (1919, 1920, 1923, 1924). On the international scene he represented Argentina 37 times, appearing at 4 South American championships, captaining his side to victory in Buenos Aires in 1921.

It is sometimes claimed he originated the bicycle kick.

Ricardo Zamora

He liked a drink (Cognac) and he liked a smoke (60 a day or Havana cigars, which he was once arrested for smuggling into Spain). Noted for spectacular saves and a trademark white sweater, Ricardo Zamora Martínez was probably the greatest goalkeeper of the first half of the 20th century. 

Club career:

RCD Espanyol  (1916–1919) Zamora's first success came in 1918 when Espanyol won the Campionat de Catalunya . He argued with the club directors and was transferred to Barcelona.

Barcelona (1919–1922)  At Barcelona  Zamora enjoyed 3 great years in which they won the Campionat de Catalunya 3 times (1919–20, 1920–21, 1921–22) and the Copa del Rey twice (1920, 1922).

RCD Espanyol (1922–1930) During Zamora's second spell at Espanyol he enjoyed another Campionat de Catalunya / Copa del Rey double (1928–29). He had begun inauspiciously though- suspended for a year for tax evasion relating to his signing on fee. 

Real Madrid (1930–1936) From 1931 onward the club was known as Madrid Football Club (during the Second Spanish Republic). The Copa del Rey became known as Copa de España: Madrid were winners in 1934 and 1936. They also won  La Liga twice (1931–32, 1932–33).

Catalunya
 Zamora played for the Catalunya team on a regular basis in the 1920s, winning the Copa Princep de Asturies 3 times (1922, 1924, 1926).

Spain
Zamora made his international debut in Spain's first official international- the 1-0 defeat of Denmark at the 1920 Olympics. Zamora's performances won him rave reviews during the tournament , but in only his 4th game, against Italy, he was sent off in the 79th minute for striking an opponent. Following the chaos of the final , Spain played Netherlands for the silver medal and won 3-1.
In the 1934 World Cup Spain beat Brazil in the first round. They then held hosts Italy to a 1-1 draw. Italy's roughhouse tactics put Zamora out of the replay (which, of course, Italy were never going to lose).

Zamora won 46 caps for Spain (W31-D7-L8). He conceded 42 goals and kept 20 clean sheets.

Despite being awarded the Order of the Republic in 1934, Zamora was not a Republican or a Catalan nationalist. 
During the Fascist war against the Republic the Fascists promoted the rumour that Zamora had been killed by Republicans. He was later taken prisoner by the Republicans (accused of having Fascist sympathies) and went into exile in France. 

Cesáreo Onzari

A great picture of  Huracán's Cesáreo Onzari placing the ball for a corner kick. 
A one club man, Onzari  played  over 200 games for Huracán (1921-1933), winning  4 championships (1921, 1922, 1925, 1928).
He represented Argentina 15 times.

Juan Alberto Estrada

Juan Alberto Estrada's finest moments came after 1937, when our study of Association Football ends However, in 1937 he won a Copa America with Argentina, and moved to Boca Juniors.
This picture from El Grafico shows Estrada in action for Huracán, for whom he played over 100 times from 1933-37, making his debut for Argentina in 1936.

Hugo Roque Settis- Queríamos ser libres

Football in Argentina was officially amateur up until 1931. In practice most players were paid. The clubs applied very strict rules regarding the movement of players. Amongst the players the most unpopular of these rules was the ley candado (the padlock law)- this meant that no player could move from one club to another without the first club's consent. This is of course completely understandable in the context of professional, contracted players. But the Argentine players were officially amateurs.
The conflict between clubs and players escalated. A players union-Asociación Mutual de Jugadores- was formed.  The two main figures in the union were the Huracán players Hugo Roque Settis and Juan Pablo Bartolucci .
The players went on strike, and even marched to the headquarters of the Government to present their protest to President Uriburu.
The outcome was a structured professional set up, 12 leading clubs openly declaring themselves professional, which led to a culture of  proper wages and contracts.

We wanted freedom of contract, we wanted to end the club's exclusive hold on us, and to be able to decide who we played for. We wanted to be free.
Settis

Américo Tesoriere

Football in the 1920s was not the glamorous sport that it is today. However, there will always be special people who stand out from those around them. Américo Tesoriere, who could have been from the imagination of Jean Cocteau, was such a man. He first kept goal for Boca Juniors as a 17 year old in 1916, and went on to play 184 times for the club, winning 5 league titles. Tesoriere was also capped 38 times by Argentina- winning the Copa America in 1921 and 1925.