Toyoji Takahashi

Toyoji Takahashi (高橋 豊二, Takahashi Toyoji, 1913 – March 5, 1940) was a Japanese football player. His grandfather Takahashi Korekiyo was a politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from November 1921 to June 1922.

Toyoji Takahashi
高橋 豊二
Personal information
Full name Toyoji Takahashi
Date of birth 1913
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Date of death March 5, 1940(1940-03-05) (aged 26–27)
Place of death Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Team
Seijo High School
Tokyo Imperial University

National team career

Takahashi was born in Tokyo in 1913. In 1936, when he was a Tokyo Imperial University student, he was called up for Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but he did not compete.[1][2] Japan completed a come-from-behind victory first game against Sweden. The first victory in Olympics for the Japan and the historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

Death

After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University, Takahashi joined Imperial Japanese Navy. However, on March 5, 1940, he died of accident during training in Tateyama at the age of 26. He is the first dead in Japan national team player at 1936 Summer Olympics.

References
  1. Berlin Olympics Results Japan Football association(in Japanese)
  2. Berlin Olympics Results Japan Football association(in Japanese)


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