Takeo Wakabayashi

Takeo Wakabayashi

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
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Kobe Daiichi High School
	Tokyo Imperial University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Kobe Icchu Club
National team
1930	Japan	2	(4)
Honours Kobe Icchu Club Winner Emperor's Cup 1927
* 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 the Japan national team.

Biography

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

In May 1930, when Wakabayashi was a Tokyo Imperial University student, he was selected the Japan national team for 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.

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

Statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1930	2	4
Total	2	4

Other websites

• Takeo Wakabayashi at National-Football-Teams.com