Former Ogura junior high school ace has won Koshien's summer title Kazuo Fukushima died 89 years old August 28, 11:49
Kazuo Fukushima, who had won the second Koshien in summer as the ace of the former Ogura Junior High School and now Kokura High School, died of a duodenal cancer on the 27th at a hospital in Kitakyushu. I was 89 years old.
Kazuo Fukushima, who was born in Kitakyushu and was the ace of the former Ogura Junior High School, won the Kyushu team's first victory at the summer Koshien, which was held two years after the end of the war in 1947.
Furthermore, in the following year's tournament, all five games were completely closed, and we won the second straight title.
And the following year, he is said to be the first player to bring home the soil of Koshien without achieving the third straight title.
After that, he played an active part in amateur baseball such as college and working people, and after retirement he held various important positions such as a director of the Japan Baseball Federation.
In 2013, we entered the "Baseball Hall of Fame", which celebrates those who have made a great contribution to the development of the Japanese baseball world.
Fukushima died on the 27th at a hospital in Kitakyushu where he was hospitalized for duodenal cancer.