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img Football team (ddr-densho-23-17)

Organized sports such as baseball and football were important for the Japanese American community because they encouraged cohesiveness. Teams composed entirely of Nisei competed against one another. Several Nisei sports leagues were formed in the 1930s. Front (left to right): Torazo Hikida, Ken Shimbo, George Ishii, Jackson Sonada, Genji Nishimura (holding football), "Nap" Nishisaka, Fred Kosaka, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-23-17/

img Copy of photo of football team with caption (ddr-densho-430-345)

Caption: Anky, Saki. Likely from Broadway High School

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img Football team (ddr-densho-430-31)

Photograph of 11 football players posing in a field.

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img Boy with football (ddr-densho-456-29)

Boy smiling with football outside. Inscription on back: "Collins Ozzie / 10/57". Stamped: Photograph by Seattle Times

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img Pvt. Bill Kobayashi throwing a football (ddr-densho-463-23)

Written beside photograph on scrapbook page: Pvt. Bill Kobayashi "alt form," caught in the act of passing an foot ball [sic].

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img Football game (ddr-densho-159-261)

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img Football game (ddr-densho-160-67)

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img Football player (ddr-densho-18-35)

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img A football game (ddr-densho-22-416)

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img Football player (ddr-densho-22-415)

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img A football game (ddr-densho-22-417)

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img Football team (ddr-densho-22-418)

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doc Japanese and Chinese Won't Play Football (January 7, 1935) (ddr-densho-56-448)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 7, 1935, p. 14

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doc Sino-Japanese Football Game Waits on War (November 29, 1931) (ddr-densho-56-432)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 29, 1931, p. 10

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Taiyos Capture Japanese Grid Title With Win. Nippons Handed 7 to 0 Defeat; Rainiers Take Measure of South End, 6 to 0; Games Wind Up Season. (December 2, 1929) (ddr-densho-56-415)

doc Taiyos Capture Japanese Grid Title With Win. Nippons Handed 7 to 0 Defeat; Rainiers Take Measure of South End, 6 to 0; Games Wind Up Season. (December 2, 1929) (ddr-densho-56-415)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 2, 1929, p. 21

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doc Taiyo-Nippons Meet Thursday in Second Grid Game of Season (November 27, 1928) (ddr-densho-56-411)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 27, 1928, p. 21

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doc Chinese Gridders Beaten. But They Won't Admit Japanese Eleven Did It. (December 25, 1933) (ddr-densho-56-440)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 25, 1933, p. 18

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img Group shot of William Koyama's football team (ddr-one-5-85)

Black and white photographic print of a football team in uniforms seated outside on bleachers in four rows. Seated in the front row, fourth from the right (number 39) is William Koyama.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-85/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 25 (December 20, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-51)

The holiday issue included advertisements bought by JACL members and chapters that included personal addresses and phone numbers to better foster communications between Japanese American communities. These addresses and phone numbers have been redacted to help protect the privacy of Japanese American communities. Please contact Densho to request the original version.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-51/

img Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)

A group photograph of young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players and posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men in the back row are standing and the men in the front row are kneeling. Photo inscription on back: "C Football." See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Football players (ddr-csujad-44-38)

A photograph of twelve young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players. They are posing in two rows in front of a barrack. Six young men are standing in the back row behind six young men kneeling on the ground. Photo inscription on back: "B Football." See this object in the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-38/

doc George Kiyomoto interview (ddr-csujad-6-14)

Oral history interview with George Kiyomoto. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KIYOMOTO_GEORGE

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-14/

doc Hiroshi Kusakai interview (ddr-csujad-6-16)

Oral history interview with Hiroshi Kusakai. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_KUSAKAI_HIROSHI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-16/

doc Johnny and Yo Niizawa interview (ddr-csujad-6-25)

Oral history interview with Johnny and Yo Niizawa. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_NIIZAWA_JOHNNY_AND_YO

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-25/

doc Robert Yano interview (ddr-csujad-6-36)

Oral history interview with Robert Yano. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: SCRC_YANO_ROBERT

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-6-36/