Takeo Wakabayashi

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 Football Team Database

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References

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Category:1907 births
Category:1937 deaths
Category:Footballers from Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers