Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert K. Fitts, Daniel K. Inouye (Foreword by)Publish date:2012-04-20Pages:368
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803245174ISBN-10:803245173UPC:9780803245174Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, AsiaBook Topic:History, JapanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCR7R1TAHH
Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
Wally Yonamine was both the first Japanese American to play for an NFL franchise and the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II. This is the unlikely story of how a shy young man from the sugar plantations of Maui overcame prejudice to integrate two professional sports in two countries. In 1951 the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants chose Yonamine as the first American to play...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803245174ISBN-10:803245173UPC:9780803245174Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Baseball, Sports, AsiaBook Topic:History, JapanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCR7R1TAHH
Robert K. Fitts is the author of Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game, for which he won the 2005 Sporting News-SABR Award for best baseball research.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
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