附属サッカー部

筑波大学附属高校蹴球部創部100周年記念式典が行われた。母校蹴球部の歴史は日本サッカーの歴史でもある。創部前から蹴球は盛んにおこなわれていたが、「桐陰会」の部として正式に承認されて100周年とのこと。明治期に日本にサッカーが伝わり、東京高等師範学校蹴球部が起点となって全国にサッカーの“種”がまかれた。東京高師附属中学サッカー部史をひもとくと、日常的な“遊び”を組織化し、卒業生が進学先の学校にサッカー部を作り、OBとなっても各界からサッカー界をサポートし続けたようだ。A ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University of Tsukuba High School Soccer Club was held. The history of his alma mater’s soccer club is also the history of Japanese soccer. Although soccer had been actively played before the club was founded, this is the 100th anniversary since it was officially recognized as a club of the Toin-kai. Soccer was introduced to Japan during the Meiji period, and the “seeds” of soccer were sown throughout the country, starting with the Tokyo National Higher Normal School’s soccer club. Looking back at the history of the Tokyo Junior High Normal School soccer, it appears that they organized daily “play,” and that their graduates created soccer clubs at the schools they went on to, and continued to support the soccer world from all walks of life even after becoming alumni.