{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Lead too short|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Tadao Horie<br/>堀江 忠男 |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname=Tadao Horie |birth_date={{Birth date|1913|9|13}} |birth_place=Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Empire of Japan |death_date={{Death date and age|2003|3|29|1913|9|13}} |death_place=Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.67}} |position=Defender |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1=????|youthclubs1=Hamamatsu Daiichi High School |youthyears2=????–1935|youthclubs2=Waseda University |years1=|clubs1=Waseda WMW|caps1=|goals1= |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1=1934–1936|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=3|nationalgoals1=0 |manageryears1=|managerclubs1= |medaltemplates= }} {{Nihongo|'''Tadao Horie'''|堀江 忠男|Horie Tadao|September 13, 1913 – March 29, 2003}} was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
==Club career== Horie was born in Hamamatsu on September 13, 1913. He played for Waseda WMW, which was consisted of players from his alma mater, Waseda University. At that club, he played with many futures Japan national team players, such as Motoo Tatsuhara, Yasuo Suzuki, and others.
==National team career== {| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; width: 200px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px" |- |<div style="position: relative;"> 200px {{Image label|x=0.45|y=1.40|scale=200|text=Sano}} {{Image label|x=0.72|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Horie}} {{Image label|x=0.47|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Oita}} {{Image label|x=0.12|y=1.15|scale=200|text=Takeuchi}} {{Image label|x=0.55|y=0.90|scale=200|text=Tatsuhara}} {{Image label|x=0.30|y=0.90|scale=200|text=Kim}} {{Image label|x=0.60|y=0.60|scale=200|text=Ukon}} {{Image label|x=0.25|y=0.60|scale=200|text=T. Kamo}} {{Image label|x=0.70|y=0.40|scale=200|text=Matsunaga}} {{Image label|x=0.37|y=0.40|scale=200|text=Kawamoto}} {{Image label|x=0.10|y=0.40|scale=200|text=S. Kamo}} </div> |- |'''Miracle of Berlin''' (1936 Olympics 1st round v Sweden on August 4) |} In May 1934, when Horie was a Waseda University student, he was selected by the Japan national team for the 1934 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. At that competition, on May 15, he debuted against Philippines. In 1936, he was also selected by Japan for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26171 |title=Tadao Horie |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he played against Sweden, and Japan completed a come-from-behind victory. It was the first victory in the Olympics for Japan and a historic victory over one of the powerhouses, the team became later known as the "Miracle of Berlin" (ベルリンの奇跡) in Japan. In 2016, the team was selected for the Japan Football Hall of Fame. However, he fractured his right arm in the match, and could not play in the next game against Italy. He played three games for Japan until 1936.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/horie_tadao.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
==Coaching career== After 1936 Summer Olympics, Horie retired from his playing career and joined the Asahi Shimbun. In 1951, he became a professor at his alma mater, Waseda University. He also became a manager for Waseda University and instructed many international players like Shigeo Yaegashi, Saburo Kawabuchi, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Kunishige Kamamoto, and others.
On March 29, 2003, Horie died of pneumonia in Nakano, Tokyo at the age of 89.
==National team statistics== <ref name="JNFTD"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Japan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1934||2||0 |- |1935||0||0 |- |1936||1||0 |- !Total||3||0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|292068}} * {{NFT|50024<!-- /Tadao_Horie -->}} * [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/horie_tadao.html Japan National Football Team Database] * [http://www.jfa.jp/eng/about_jfa/hall_of_fame/member/team01.html Japan Football Hall of Fame] (Japan team at 1936 Olympics) at Japan Football Association * {{Olympedia|26171}} * {{Olympics.com profile|tadao-horie}}
{{Japan football squad 1936 Summer Olympics}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horie, Tadao}} Category:1913 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Waseda University alumni Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:Japan men's international footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Japan Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Academic staff of Waseda University Category:Football people from Hamamatsu Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen