Irene Burrows, the Australian association secretary, was extremely keen to support this and took active steps to try to work on this goal. Australia received such a letter and responded by asking for additional information. In 1950, the Softball Association of America sent letters to national organisations asking for assistance in getting the newly created International Softball Federation to include softball on the Olympic program. There were efforts to get softball on the Olympic program during the 1950s. This effort was led by the American softball association and Jiro Iwano, Vice President of the Japanese Olympic Committee and President of the Japanese Softball Association. Softball, the Olympic program and Olympic recognition Early attempts for Olympic inclusion ĭuring the 1940s, Americans and Japanese were making the first overtures to get softball included on the Olympic programme.
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