Yeap Cheng Eng

Yeap Cheng Eng
Personal information
Date of birth 1915 (1915)
Place of birth British Malaya
Date of death 14 January 1994(1994-01-14) (aged 78–79)
Position Left winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1958 Penang
International career
Malaya
China
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Yeap Cheng Eng
Traditional Chinese葉清榮
Simplified Chinese叶清荣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Qīngróng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJip6 Cing1 Wing4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJIa̍p Chheng-êng
Tâi-lôIa̍p Tshing-îng

Yeap Cheng Eng (1915 – 14 January 1994) was a Chinese footballer. He was the first Malayan ever to participate in the Olympic Games, when he was a member of the football team which represented the China as a guest players in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

In Malayan domestic football, he represented Penang for a record 24 years and was their captain for many years, winning the Malaya Cup in 1953, 1954, and 1958 (at the age of 42).

References

  1. ↑ One Enchanted Moment. New Straits Times. 30 December 1992.
  2. ↑ "The forgotten Olympians | The Star". Archived from the original on 17 January 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Yeap Cheng Eng". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "The 27th HMS Malaya Cup Final 1953". Malaysia Football Museum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Meraikan 100 Tahun Piala Malaysia – Final 1954 – Pulau Pinang V. Singapura" (in Malay). Legasi Lagenda. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Meraikan 100 Tahun Piala Malaysia – Final 1958 – Pulau Pinang V. Singapura" (in Malay). Legasi Lagenda. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.