Wally Yonamine - The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball (Electronic book text)


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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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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University of Nebraska Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

September 2008

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Electronic book text

Pages

368

ISBN-13

978-6611958190

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9786611958190

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6611958193



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