El Gráfico

El Gráfico
Cover to El Grafico #1, 1919.
Categories Sport
Frequency Monthly
First issue May 30, 1919
Final issue January 2018
Company Revistas Deportivas S.A.
Country Argentina
Based in Buenos Aires
Language Spanish
Website www.elgrafico.com.ar

El Gráfico was a classic monthly Argentine sports magazine.[1] The magazine was originally published as a weekly newspaper in May 1919, and then turned to a sports magazine exclusively. It began to be scheduled monthly from 2002, and was discontinued in 2018.[2] El Gráfico is one of the most regarded sports magazines not only in Argentina but in Latin America. The magazine was nicknamed La Biblia del deporte ("The Bible of sports") due to its chronicles, notable journalists and collaborators and its photography.

History

El Gráfico was first published on May 30, 1919[3] by Constancio Vigil for Editorial Atlántida. Vigil, an Uruguayan citizen, had founded Atlántida magazine in 1918 with great success, but the Tragic Week in 1919 stopped the activities and he was persuaded in acquiring his own printing. With the machines and the installations ready, he founded El Gráfico, then followed by Billiken (1919, a magazine for children) and a female publication Para Ti in 1922. The headquarters of the magazines was in Buenos Aires.[4]

In the cover of the first number of El Gráfico appeared the legend Ilustración Semanal Argentina at the bottom of the picture. Indeed, the magazine only contained photos and epigraphs which had originated its name ("The Graphic" in English) and at first the publication was not related to sports covering all sort of news and events. El Gráfico became a sports magazine in 1925.

The best selling era of the magazine was during the 1986 FIFA World Cup when Argentina proclaimed champion: 690.998 sold. The second place in the ranking of all-time best seller magazine is for the 1978 FIFA World Cup with 595.924. Diego Maradona was the sports man with the most appearances on the cover: 134, followed by Daniel Passarella (58) and Norberto Alonso (54).[5]

The magazine famously underlined creole style football as opposed to the British style of football that had been introduced to Argentina in the late 19th Century. It was baptised La Nuestra ("Our Own").

Researcher Eduardo Archetti stated about that:

El Gráfico, published by Revistas Deportivas S.A., was published weekly until April 2002 when its frequency switched to monthly. [4] The last monthly edition was in January 2018, featuring Independiente manager Ariel Holan. [7]

Content

The magazine concentrated on football as an absolute priority, but also included news about other sports including athletics, rugby, tennis, boxing, basketball, motor racing and women's field hockey.

Staff

The magazine was directed by Elías Perugino and had two deputy editors, Diego Borinsky and Martin Mazur.

- Dante Panzeri - Félix Daniel Frascara - Borocotó Alberto Salotto Julio Martínez Vázquez Federico Kirbus Ronald Hansen Ampelio Liberali Emilio Lafferranderie Diego Bonadeo Nicanor González del Solar Héctor Vega Onesime Máximo Sáenz Luis A. Hernández Osvaldo Ardizzone Peter Clutterbuck Ernesto Cherquis Bialo ("Robinson") Julio César Pasquato ("Juvenal") Hugo Mackern ("Free-Lance") Piri García Osvaldo Ricardo Orcasitas (O.R.O.) (impulsor de la Liga Nacional de Básquetbol en Argentina desde El Gráfico, junto a León Najnudel y Enrique Nocent) Jorge Ventura Carlos Marcelo Thierry José Luis Barrio Jack Barski Guillermo Blanco Roberto Daniel Fernández ("Defer") Daniel Galoto ("Daniel Garzón") Marcelo Gimbatti Carlos Irusta ("Gamarra") Juan José Panno Ernesto Patrono Rubén Pietracupa ("Kupa") Eduardo Rafael Pablo A. Ramírez Orlando Ríos Néstor Straimel Juan Carlos Villa ("Banda Bow") Luis Vinker Gustavo Béliz Eduardo Llana Aldo Proietto Daniel Dátola Jorge Humberto "Nilo" Neder César Litvak Elías Perugino Natalio Gorín Juan Eduardo Perimbelli Hugo Suerte Daniel Arcucci Jorge Barraza Víctor Hugo Candi Adrián Maladesky Rodolfo Piovera Alfredo Alegre Gonzalo Abascal Miguel Ángel Rubio Beto Tisinovich Leonardo Burgueño Héctor Collivadino Eduardo Donadío Alejandro Fabbri Pablo Vignone Alberto Cantore Matías Aldao Diego Borinsky Darío Bombini Martín Casullo Guillermo Gorroño Eduardo Verona Martín Mazur Matías Rodríguez Marcos Villalobo

References

  1. ↑ "El Gráfico". Europa World Plus. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "El cierre de una revista emblemática: El Gráfico ya no saldrá en papel". Clarín. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Preguntas frecuentes, official site
  4. 1 2 "El Gráfico". Publicitas. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Recorrida por la historia de El Gráfico"
  6. ↑ Eduardo P. Archetti, Estilo y virtudes masculinas en El Gráfico: la creación del imaginario del fútbol argentino, Desarrollo Económico - Revista de Ciencias Sociales, vol. 35, Nº 139 (Oct-Dec 1995), pp. 419-442, Buenos Aires.
  7. ↑ La Nación. The end of an icon: El Gráfico (in Spanish)
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