Eiichiro Yamamoto

Eiichiro Yamamoto (山本 英一郎)

• School Keio University
• High School Taipei Daiichi High School

• Born May 12, 1919 in Kyoto, Kyoto Japan
• Died May 26, 2006

Biographical Information

Eiichiro Yamamoto was an umpire in amateur baseball starting in 1951 and a television commentator since 1952.

In 1964, he became the director of the Baseball Federation of Japan. In 1997, he was named as the Federation's president and later became president of the Baseball Federation of Asia.

Yamamoto was instrumental in getting baseball into the Olympics.

Yamamoto was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.

Further Reading

• Interview