Takeo Wakabayashi

Takeo Wakabayashi
若林 竹雄
Personal information
Full name Takeo Wakabayashi
Date of birth (1907-08-29)August 29, 1907
Place of birth Hyogo, Japan
Date of death August 7, 1937(1937-08-07) (aged 29)
Place of death Hyogo, Japan
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Tokyo Imperial University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kobe Icchu Club
National team
1930 Japan 2 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Takeo Wakabayashi (若林 竹雄, Wakabayashi Takeo, August 29, 1907 – August 7, 1937) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Wakabayashi was born in Hyogo Prefecture on August 29, 1907. He played for his local club Kobe Icchu Club was consisted of his alma mater high school players and graduates. At the club, he won 1927 Emperor's Cup with Tadao Takayama and so on.

National team career

In May 1930, when Wakabayashi was a Tokyo Imperial University student, he was elected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in Tokyo and Japan also won the championship. At this competition, on May 25, he debuted and scored 4 goals against Philippines. He was the first player in Japan national team to score a hat-trick in debut. The same feat would be achieved 80 years later by Sota Hirayama. On May 29, he also played against Republic of China. He played 2 games and scored 4 goals for Japan in 1930.[1]

On August 7, 1937, Wakabayashi died of lung disease in Hyogo Prefecture at the age of 29.[2]

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
193024
Total24

References

  1. 1 2 Japan National Football Team Database
  2. ↑ 「若林竹雄君が死去」, Asahi Shimbun, August 9, 1937
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