Garrincha, Mané

Magé, 1933 – Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), 1983

By Pablo Alabarces

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(Português) Carrasquel, Alfonso

Caracas (Venezuela), 1928 - 2005 By Pablo Alabarces Alfonso “Chico” Carrasquel was such a talented baseball player and had such a powerful arm that at the age of eleven, he played in a league reserved for athletes sixteen years old. In one season, he played for three teams. At fifteen,…

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(Português) Bueno, Maria Esther

São Paulo (Brazil), 1939 By Pablo Alabarces The greatest Latin American tennis player in history, Maria Esther Bueno from São Paulo started playing tennis at six years old and became the Brazilian champion at fifteen. At seventeen, she participated in her first international competition, the Pan American Games. In 1957,…

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Di Stéfano, Alfredo

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1926 – Madri (Espanha), 2014

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