was a Japanese football player who represented the Japan national team. His brother

Shogo Kamo was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His brother Takeshi Kamo also played for Japan national team. Club career Kamo was born in Hamamatsu on December 12, 1915. He played for Waseda University. He won the 1938 Emp ...

also played for Japan national team.

National team career

Kamo was born in

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on February 8, 1915. In 1936, when he was a

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student, he was selected for tge Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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. He debuted against Sweden at this competition on August 4. Japan completed a come-from-behind victory against Sweden. The first victory in the Olympics for Japan and a historic victory over one of the powerhouses became later known as "Miracle of Berlin" ( ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. On August 7, he also played against

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. He played two games for Japan in 1936.Japan National Football Team Database
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was also an Olympic footballer for Japan. In 2016, this team was selected for the

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. On March 26, 2004, Kamo died of heart failure at

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Hospital in Kawasaki at the age of 89. He was the last surviving member of his team from the 1936 Olympics.

National team statistics

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
(Japan team at 1936 Olympics) at Japan Football Association 1915 births 2004 deaths Waseda University alumni Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan international footballers Olympic footballers of Japan Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-stub