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Bill Kajikawa

American sports player and coach (1912–2010)

Field	Value
name	Bill Kajikawa
birth_date
death_date
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1934–1936
player_team2	Arizona State
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1937–?
coach_team2	Arizona State (freshmen)
coach_years3	?–1978
coach_team3	Arizona State (freshmen)
coach_sport4	Basketball
coach_years5	1948–1957
coach_team5	Arizona State
coach_sport6	Baseball
coach_years7	1946–1952
coach_team7	Arizona State
overall_record	88–131 (basketball)
57–70 (baseball)

57–70 (baseball) William Masao Kajikawa (September 6, 1912 – February 12, 2010) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Arizona State University from 1949 to 1957, compiling a record of 88–131, and the school's head baseball coach from 1946 to 1952, tallying a mark of 57–70. Kajikawa was also an assistant and freshmen football coach at Arizona State between 1937 and 1978.

Kajikawa attended Phoenix Union High School and played college football at Arizona State. During World War II Kajikawa was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Kajikawa died on February 12, 2010. The football practice field on the Arizona State Tempe campus is named after him.

References

. (February 15, 2010). ["ASU legend Kajikawa dies at age 97"](http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/asu-legend-kajikawa-dies-at-age/article_c773b5aa-56b3-556b-836a-afe4a5248ddc.html). *[[East Valley Tribune]]*.
Brown, David M.. "A Sun Devil star in education".

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