Morita Fukui, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Morita Fukui

Japanese baseball commissioner

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1885

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1965

Profession: lawyer, baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Morita Fukui (July 14, 1885 – December 27, 1965) was the first Commissioner of Baseball in Japan.
(Matsutaro Shoriki, media mogul and owner of the Yomiuri Giants, was instrumental in the formation of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1949–1950, and acted unofficially as the league's first commissioner in 1950.) A lawyer, prosecutor, politician, Fukui was sworn in as Commissioner in 1951.