Jorge Newbery in Popular Culture
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Jorge Newbery has been one of the most frequently mentioned people and one of the people to whom the most tangos have been dedicated. Among these must be mentioned the reference made by Celedonio Flores in the song Corrientes y Esmeralda, which mentions how "el cajetilla" (slang: a young, rich and refined man) hit the "guapos" (men fighting with knives) who “stopped” there at the beginning of the 20th century.
Other tangos dedicated to Newbery are "Jorge Newbery", by Aquiles Barbieri, "Prendete del Aeroplano", by José Escurra, "De Pura Cepa", by Roberto Firpo, "Newbery", by Luciano Ríos, "Un recuerdo a Newbery", by José Arturo Severino, "Tu Sueño", by Eduardo Arolas and "El Pampero", by Luis Sanmartino.
A film was also made about his life: Más allá del sol (Beyond the sun, 1975), by Hugo Fregonese, with Germán Kraus in the leading role. The government of Buenos Aires annually awards the Jorge Newbery Prize to the most prominent sportspeople of the year.
The tragic death of Newbery helped to fix his position as an idol of Argentina, as later happenend with Carlos Gardel. His burial in La Chacarita Cemetery was on a scale never seen before for a person unrelated to political activity.
The airport in Buenos Aires is currently named after him.
Schools
- School of technical aeronautics education number 8 "Jorge Newbery".
Football clubs
- Club Atlético Jorge Newbery (Laprida, Buenos Aires, Argentina), founded 1 May 1917.
- Club Atlético Jorge Newbery (Aguilares, Tucuman Province, Argentina), founded 8 April 1917.
- Club Atlético Jorge Newbery (Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina), founded 11 July 1917.
- Club Football Jorge Newbery (Junín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina), founded 13 January 1913.
- Club Atlético Jorge Newbery (Rufino, Santa Fe, Argentina), founded 12 October 1917.
- Club Jorge Newbery Mutual Social y Deportiva, Ucacha, Córdoba Province, Argentina, founded 25 May 1910. http://www.newberyucacha.com.ar/portal/
- Club Jorge Newbery de Versailles, Villa Real district, Buenos Aires City, Argentina founded 12 October 1942.
Streets
- Calle Jorge Newbery (Junín, Buenos Aires Province). The municipality renamed the street, previously named “Junín”, on 12 March 1914, 11 days after Newbery’s death.
- Calle Jorge Newbery (Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province). The Club Atlético Jorge Newbery is situated on this street.
- Calle Jorge Newbery (Viedma (Rio Negro)). This street is the main route of entry to this provincial capital.
- Calle Jorge Newbery (Rosario, Santa Fe). On this avenue is located the Rosario International Airport.
- Calle Jorge Newbery (Ucacha). This street is the main access to the premises of the Club Jorge Newbery, and was named on the club’s centenary on 25 May 2010.
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