Eiichi Nakamura (Japanese: 中村英一, ''Nakamura Eiichi''; 1909 – 27 May 1945) was a Japanese athlete and

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player from Kyoto Prefecture. Nakamura is best known for competing in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Nakamura was a member of the Japanese field hockey team, which won the silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in

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. He was killed in action during

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1909 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture Japanese male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Japan Field hockey players at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Japanese civilians killed in World War II {{japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub Deaths by American airstrikes during World War II