Shigeo Yaegashi

Shigeo Yaegashi

Personal information
Full name	Shigeo Yaegashi
Date of birth	March 24, 1933
Place of birth	Daejeon, Japan
Date of death	May 2, 2011 (aged 78)
Place of death	Tama Tōkyō, Japan
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Morioka First High School
	Chūō University
	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1958–1969	Furukawa Electric	51	(14)
National team
1956–1968	Japan	45	(11)
Teams managed
1967–1969	Furukawa Electric
1970–?	Japan Youth
1977–1978	Fujitsu
1985–1988	Fujitsu
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1968 Mexico City	Team competition

Shigeo Yaegashi (八重樫 茂生 Yaegashi Shigeo) (March 24, 1933 – May 2, 2011) was a Japanese football player.

Yaegashi was born in Daejeon, Japan but raised in Iwate. He won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1][2] He died in Tama, Tokyo.

Awards

• Japanese Football Player of Year: 1963
• Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: (3) 1966, 1967, 1968

References

1. "Shigeo Yaegashi Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
2. "八重樫茂生 (Shigeo Yaegashi)" (in Japanese). Footballjapan.jp. Retrieved 5 October 2010.