Abstract

PRADA-SOLANO, Mauricio. No Place for the Locals. Aproximation to the Profesional Soccer Player Job in Bucaramanga, 1949-1951. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.30, pp.214-250.  Epub May 06, 2022. ISSN 2145-132X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/historelo.v14n30.93985.

The author compares the characteristics of the first soccer local professional players with the ones that remained amateur players from 1949 to 1951 in the city of Bucaramanga, (Colombia). The research approach builds upon the context of the city, its inhabitants, and local media. Furthermore, the author draws on a theoretical framework that considers sport as part of a civilizing process as well as a tool to understand several aspects of social life. The main primary sources are local newspapers, analyzed through critical lenses and based on local and international historiography. Finally, the author concludes that due to both the arrival of foreign experienced players and several limitations in the context of Bucaramanga, the conditions and characteristics of local professional players remained as the ones of amateur players during the years of study.

Keywords : soccer history; professional players; Atlético Bucaramanga Limited Company; labor market; Bucaramanga.

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