Ginnosuke Tanaka, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ginnosuke Tanaka

Japanese rugby union footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1873

Date of Death: 27-Aug-1933

Profession: rugby union player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ginnosuke Tanaka

  • Ginnosuke Tanaka (?? ???, Tanaka Ginnosuke, 20 January 1873 - 27 August 1933) is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan.
  • He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University.
  • He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke.
  • Later, he pursued a career in banking.

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