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 spo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fitts, Robert K., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Yonamine, Wally K., > 1925-2011.
Baseball players > Japan > Biography.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Baseball > Japan.
Joueurs de base-ball > Japon > Biographies.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
Base-ball > Japon.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball.
Baseball players.
Japan.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 339 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index.
ISBN:9780803217829
080321782X
1281958190
9781281958198

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