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Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball

Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball Paperback / softback - 2012

by Robert K. Fitts

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Paperback / softback. New. 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.
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  • Title Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball
  • Author Robert K. Fitts
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition New
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Date 2012-04-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780803245174
  • ISBN 9780803245174 / 0803245173
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012008616
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.357

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About the author

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.