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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Just a country boy from Olowalu, Maui"
  • Football star
  • The San Francisco 49ers
  • Lucky breaks
  • Of Seals and Bees
  • A winter of uncertainty
  • Debut
  • The Jackie Robinson of Japan
  • Settling in
  • Lessons from Santa Maria
  • Gaijin Dageki Oh--foreign batting champion
  • World travelers
  • Hard labor
  • Lucky seven
  • Young Giants
  • End of an era
  • Coach
  • Yonamine Kantoku
  • Sometimes nice guys do finish first
  • Suketto
  • Hall of fame.

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