Kunishige Kamamoto, the prolific striker who set Japan’s all-time men’s scoring record and powered the national team to a historic bronze medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, died of pneumonia early Sunday at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture, the Japan Football Association said. He was 81. Sankei Shimbun reported the time of death as 4:04 a.m. A Kyoto native, Kamamoto scored 75 goals in just 76 international appearances between 1964 and 1977, a benchmark that still stands. At the Mexico Games he netted seven times to claim the tournament’s Golden Boot, leading Japan to its first—and so far only—Olympic podium finish in men’s football. Domestically, he amassed 202 goals in the Japan Soccer League with Yanmar Diesel, finishing as top scorer seven times. After retiring, Kamamoto managed Matsushita Electric, the forerunner of Gamba Osaka, and served two terms as vice-president of the Japan Football Association. He also spent one term in the House of Councillors and was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 2014 for his contributions to sport. Funeral services will be held privately, according to Japanese media.