Munehide Tanabe

Munehide Tanabe (田辺 宗英)

• School Waseda University

• Born December 17, 1881 in Yamanashi Prefecture Japan
• Died March 18, 1957

Biographical Information

Munehide Tanabe helped organize the Korakuen Eagles in 1937 and later was president of Korakuen Stadium. He promoted baseball and boxing, serving as commissioner for Japanese boxing. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968 in a class which included his brother Ichizo Kobayashi.

Source: Japanese Hall of Fame