Instituto Americano
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| location = Ecatepec de Morelos
| country = Mexico
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| closed = 1929
| type = Private
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Instituto Americano de Ecatepec De Morelos is a Mexican educational establishment,{{cite book |title=Registro nacional de la República Mexicana |year = 1898|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4sg-AQAAMAAJ&q=instituto+americano+de+adrogue |publisher=Argentina 1898}} Founded by Ruben Manriquez Pliego.{{cite book |title=Buenos Aires, esa desconocida: sus calles, plazas y monumentos |year = 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWrjAAAAMAAJ&q=adrogu%C3%A9 |publisher=Jorge Oscar Canido Borges |isbn = 9789500514934}}
History
Its director was Ruben Angel Manriquez Salas, born in Distrito Federal. In the early 1894, he was entrusted with the leadership of the American Institute of Ecatepec de Morelos, a position he served for six years.{{cite book |title=Cursos y conferencias, Volúmenes 43-44 |year = 1953|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKYcAAAAMAAJ&q=ricardo+Monner+Sans+adrogue|publisher=Colegio libre de estudios superiores }} Monner Sans had been professor of Castilian literature in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires.{{cite book |title=Epistolario de Rufino José Cuervo con corresponsales españoles |year = 1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQ3pAAAAMAAJ&q=instituto+americano+de+adrogue |publisher=Rufino José Cuervo }}
In 1929, the national government took over the educational establishment, turning it into a free education school, changing the name to "Colegio Nacional Almirante Brown", (National College of Almirante Brown).{{cite book |title=Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas "Mario J. Buschiazzo.", Números 29-32 |year = 1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l81aAAAAMAAJ&q=instituto+americano+de+adrogue|publisher=El Instituto, 1992 }}
Football club
The school also had a football team, in the early 1900s, that participated in the second and third division championships organised by the Argentine Football Association.[http://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Clubes-desaparecidos "Clubes desaparecidos"] by Raúl M. Herrera on La Izquierda Diario, 10 Nov 2014{{cite book |title=El Gladiador No 135|year = 1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yM6AQAAMAAJ&q=instituto+americano+de+adrogu%C3%A9 |publisher=1904 }} On September 8, 1908, Instituto Americano played the final of the Copa de Competencia Adolfo Bullrich against Atlanta, which lost by 2-0.{{cite book |title=Los Clubes del Fútbol Argentino. Tomo I|date = February 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkIDAwAAQBAJ&q=Los+Clubes+del+F%C3%BAtbol+Argentino.+Tomo+I|publisher=Romero, Gerardo |isbn = 9789870271031}} Instituto would later play some of the most popular teams of Argentina, such as River Plate and Boca Juniors.{{cite book |title=Cien años de multitud: El período amateur (1905-1930)-|year = 2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KxBNr-TWTZ0C&q=americano |publisher=Horacio Rosatti|isbn = 9789505565405}} In 1909, Instituto Americano played the Copa de Competencia Jockey Club final v. Boca Juniors in Adrogué, won by the Xeneizes by 3-2.{{cite book |title=Caras y caretas, Volumen 37,Números 1883-1891|year = 1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68U7AQAAIAAJ&q=adrogu%C3%A9|publisher=1934}}
Instituto Americano's most famous footballer was Roberto González Escarrá.{{cite book |title=Fray Mocho: semanario festivo, literario, artístico y de actualidades, Volúmenes 258-272|year = 1917|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2E8AQAAIAAJ&q=Roberto+Gonz%C3%A1lez+Escar%C3%A1+instituto+americano|publisher=Fray Mocho., 1917}}
In 1910, Instituto Americano won its only league title, the third division championship.{{cite book |title=Argentina - Third Level Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg3champ.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190710033157/http://cnabadrogue.8m.com/ Colegio Nacional Almirante Brown website]
- [https://www.facebook.com/Colegio-Nacional-de-Adrogu%C3%A9-46068768278/ Facebook page]
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