1971 Little League World Series

Children's baseball tournament August 2023 August 24–August 28 8 TWN Tainan Little LeagueTainan City, Taiwan USAIndiana Anderson Little LeagueGary, Indiana 1970 1972 The 1971 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Anderson Little League of Gary, Indiana, in the championship game of the 25th Little League World Series. This was the first championship game that was decided in extra innings, and remains the longest championship game in the event's history, at nine innings. Teams United States International Indiana Gary, IndianaNorth RegionAnderson Little League Ontario Brockville, OntarioCAN Canada RegionBrockville Little League Maine Augusta, MaineEast RegionEast Little League Spain 1945 Madrid, SpainEurope RegionMadrid Little League Kentucky Lexington, KentuckySouth RegionGardenside Little League TWN Tainan City, TaiwanFar East RegionTainan Little League Hawaii Oahu, HawaiiWest RegionWahiawa American Little League PRI Caguas, Puerto RicoLatin America RegionCaguas-Gillette Little League Championship bracket August 24 PRI Puerto Rico 0 TWN Taiwan 7 August 24 CAN Canada 2 Hawaii Hawaii 3 August 25 Maine Maine 0 Spain 1945 Spain 5 August 25 Indiana Indiana 7 Kentucky Kentucky 2 August 26 TWN Taiwan 11 Hawaii Hawaii 0 August 26 Spain 1945 Spain 0 Indiana Indiana 7 August 28 (F/9) TWN Taiwan 12 Indiana Indiana 3 August 27 Hawaii Hawaii 3 Spain 1945 Spain 1 Consolation bracket Games A & B Game D Game C August 25 PRI Puerto Rico 5 CAN Canada 2 August 26 Maine Maine 1 Kentucky Kentucky 0 August 27 PRI Puerto Rico 4 Maine Maine 0 August 27 CAN Canada 4 Kentucky Kentucky 1 1971 Little League World Series Champions100pxTainan Little LeagueTainan City, Taiwan Notable players Lloyd McClendon of the Gary, Indiana, team went on to play in MLB as an outfielder from 1987 to 1994, and later a career as a coach and manager. He was inducted to the Little League Hall of Excellence in 2006.https://www.littleleague.org/world-of-little-league/hall-of-excellence/ Hall of Excellence Little League Baseball August 25, 2018 He went 5 for 5 with 5 home runs during the LLWS while getting walked in all other plate appearances. Wu Cheng-wen of the Tainan team was trained as an engineer, elected a 2004 fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and appointed Minister of Taiwan's Science and Technology Council in 2024. Political incident The organization World United Formosans for Independence hired a small airplane to display a banner with the slogans “Long live Taiwan independence” (“台湾独立万才”, in Han characters) and “Go Go Taiwan” by flying over the stadium during the final game.https://watchout.tw/forum/RsWnj4igBOQGce5Dv1Qk 台灣民主國國旗到共和國諸旗 vs.中華民國五色旗到黨旗變國旗／沃草 watchout.twhttps://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/3719669 棒球》沒有寫進歷史的事 第1代巨人少棒隊50年前趣事軼聞 - 自由體育 October 29, 2021 sports.ltn.com.twhttps://www.gjtaiwan.com/new/104255 1971年8月28日，威廉波特少棒轉播事件 - 聚珍臺灣 August 28, 2022https://wufi.org.tw/post/%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA%E9%9A%8A%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%B0%91%E6%A3%92%E8%B3%BD%E9%A3%9B%E6%A9%9F%E6%A8%99%E8%AA%9E 巨人隊世界少棒賽飛機標語 | 台灣獨立建國聯盟 wufi.org.tw References External links 1971 Little League World Series Line scores for the 1971 LLWS Category:Little League World Series Little League World Series Little League World Series