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    nickname, originally Wallace, but quickly changed to Wally, which would later become his legal name. Yonamine signed a $14,000 contract, playing running back...
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  • Japanese cyclist Wally Yonamine (与那嶺 要, Yonamine Kaname, 1925–2011), American athlete This page lists people with the surname Yonamine. If an internal...
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    team to hire a foreigner as manager, Wally Yonamine, who led the team from 1972 to 1977.[citation needed] (Yonamine spoke fluent Japanese, and was later...
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  • currently serving as general manager for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. Wally Yonamine played professionally in the NFL for a single season with the San Francisco...
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    Nankai Hawks 4 games to 2 for their first NPB championship. Hawaiian Wally Yonamine was the first American to play professional baseball in Japan after...
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  • tenures in NPB belong to Tuffy Rhodes (a total of 13 seasons in NPB), Wally Yonamine (12 seasons), Leron Lee (11 seasons), and Leon Lee, Greg Wells,[citation...
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    talk show host Becky Worley, journalist Weird Al Yankovic, musician Wally Yonamine (1925– 2011), athlete Hawaii portal Islands portal National Register...
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  • Hall of Fame (1994); founder/owner, Wally Yonamine Pearls – Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan; philanthropist – Wally Yonamine Foundation; Governors Hall of Fame...
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    December 30, 2010. Retrieved October 7, 2010. Fitts, Robert K (2008). Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball. University of Nebraska Press...
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  • a poet, playwright and actor Thomas Yamamoto (1917–2004), an artist Wally Yonamine (1925–2011), multi-sport athlete who played for the San Francisco 49ers...
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    and Rufus Gaines. These players were the first Americans other than Wally Yonamine to play Nippon Professional Baseball after World War II. Starting in...
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  • Woodson John Woudenberg Tony Wragge Eric Wright Eric Wright DeShawn Wynn Wally Yonamine Bryant Young Charle Young Steve Young Sid Youngelman Walt Yowarsky Dominique...
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    Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019. "Wally Yonamine Japanese Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved...
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  • titles, and the 1992 Olympic gold medal Tabitha Yim – American gymnast Wally Yonamine – multisport athlete, played for the San Francisco 49ers (1947), Yomiuri...
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  • Kawaragi (河原木 志穂), a Japanese voice actress Kaname Yonamine (与那嶺要, 1925-2011), also known as Wally Yonamine, a multi-sport American athlete with the surname...
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    Tsuyoshi Hamada, former boxer Tatsuhiro Oshiro, novelist and playwright Wally Yonamine, professional baseball and football player "Nakagusuku Castle Remains"...
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  • Noda Lenn Sakata Derek Tatsuno Shane Victorino Tadashi Wakabayashi Wally Yonamine Basketball Red Rocha Boat racing Thomas Gentry Bowling Hiroto Hirashima...
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  • Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness. Wally Yonamine, 85, American baseball (Yomiuri Giants, Chunichi Dragons) and football...
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    if they were attending a Buddhist funeral, according to his manager, Wally Yonamine. Davis appeared in several TV programs, including Mr. Ed, The Flying...
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  • Scott Cary, 87, pitcher for the 1947 Washington Senators. February 28 – Wally Yonamine, 85, first American to play professional baseball in Japan after World...
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  • Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0) Most Valuable Player Wally Yonamine, Yomiuri Giants (CL) Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL) Rookie of...
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  • Norman Sakata Barbara Barnard Smith Dorothy "Aunty Dottie" Thompson Wally Yonamine Edwin Mahiai Beamer Dr. Charles P.K.M. Burrows Rev. Sam Cox Benjamin...
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    knuckleball pitcher, as his pitching coach, and brought in Japanese American Wally Yonamine as a coach and interpreter. The team struggled with a lack of talent...
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    Kazuhisa Inao (1993) Minoru Murayama (1993) Sadaharu Oh (1994) Wally Kaname Yonamine (1994) Shosei Go (1995) — elected by the Special Committee Tadashi...
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  • Dragons Shortstop Yoshio Yoshida Osaka Tigers Outfielder Hiroyuki Watanabe Osaka Tigers Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants Yukihiko Machida Kokutetsu Swallows...
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  • Satoshi Sugiyama Osaka Tigers Chunichi Dragons 91 Runs Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants 93 Hits Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants 172 Stolen bases Yoshio Yoshida Osaka...
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  • batted in Michio Nishizawa Nagoya Dragons 98 Runs Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants 104 Hits Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants 163 Stolen bases Jiro Kanayama Shochiku...
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  • average Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants .338 Home runs Noboru Aota Taiyo Whales 25 Runs batted in Andy Miyamoto Yomiuri Giants 69 Runs Wally Yonamine Yomiuri...
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  • Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Lotte Orions (4) Masaichi Kaneda 69-50-11 Chunichi Dragons (2) Wally Yonamine 70-49-11...
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    — 16 Shigeru Mizuhara† 1969–1971 390 179 195 16 .459 — — — — — — 17 Wally Yonamine† 1972–1977 780 388 349 43 .526 1 2 4 0 1 0 18 Toshio Naka 1978–1980...
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