Personal information | |||
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Full name | Spencer Lam Sheung Yee | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Hong Kong | ||
Date of death | 23 April 2009 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | North Point, Hong Kong | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1944–1948 | Eastern | ||
1948–1962 | Kitchee | ||
1962–1963 | Five-One-Seven | ||
1963–1964 | Kitchee | ||
1964–1965 | KMB | ||
1965–1967 | Yuen Long | ||
1967–1970 | Eastern | ||
1970–1972 | Rangers (HKG) | ||
1972–1973 | Eastern | ||
National team | |||
1958–1968 | Republic of China | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Republic of China | ||
Football | ||
Asian Games | ||
1958 Tokyo | Team Competition |
Spencer Lam Sheung Yee (Chinese: 林尚義; Jyutping: lam4 soeng6 ji6), 7 November 1934 – 23 April 2009) was a former football (soccer) defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor.
Spencer was a graduate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong with an Economics major. He was once a secondary school teacher in Hong Kong while working as a voice actor on television advertisements and a football player. At an international level, he represented Republic of China in 1960 Olympics football in Rome.
As a footballer, he was nicknamed 重炮 (literally Heavy Gun) due to his powerful clearances and long-range free kicks from between 20-40 yards), but it also had a lot to do with the materials used on the match balls are a lot heavier than the ones being used nowadays., 倉魚 (literally pale fish). He represented Republic of China because Hong Kong was part of the Commonwealth, and did not have representation as an individual sporting body as it was not a nation.
He has also developed an acting career appearing in a great number of films.