Ginnosuke Tanaka
Japanese rugby union footballer
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| Intro | Japanese rugby union footballer | |||
| Places | Japan | |||
| was | Athlete Rugby union player | |||
| Work field | Sports | |||
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| Birth | 20 January 1873 | |||
| Death | 27 August 1933 (aged 60 years) | |||
| Star sign | Aquarius | |||
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Ginnosuke Tanaka (田中 銀之助, Tanaka Ginnosuke, 20 January 1873 - 27 August 1933) is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan. He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University. He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke. Later, he pursued a career in banking.