The Tackle That Ended in a Police Station

from OTD: Your Daily Dose of Soccer History · host 17 Laws Guy

OTD E0289 — 16 Aug 1936: San Lorenzo beat Independiente 2–1 in Buenos Aires, but the result was overshadowed when Independiente defender Fermín Lecea fractured the left fibula of San Lorenzo winger Arturo Arrieta. After the final whistle, police arrested Lecea and took him to the 34th precinct. We trace Argentina's brutally physical 1936 season, Arrieta and Lecea, what happened to them afterward, and how football has wrestled ever since with the boundary between a foul, serious foul play and an act serious enough for the law to intervene.Ideas: [email protected]

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