Takeo Wakabayashi

Takeo Wakabayashi

Personal information
Full name	Takeo Wakabayashi
Date of birth	August 29, 1907
Place of birth	Hyogo, Japan
Date of death	August 7, 1937 (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.

Biography

Wakabayashi was born in Hyogo. He played for Kobe Icchu Club and was a member of Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games football competition in Tokyo. He was the first player in Japan National Football Team to score a hat-trick in debut. The same feat would be achieved 80 years later by Sota Hirayama. Wakabayashi died on August 7, 1937 in Hyogo^[1]

National team statistics

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

References

1. 「若林竹雄君が死去」, Asahi Shimbun, August 9, 1937

External links

• National Football Teams
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Japan Football Association official site(Japanese)