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Lam Sheung Yee

Lam Sheung Yee
Personal information
Full name Spencer Lam Sheung Yee
Date of birth (1934-11-07)7 November 1934
Place of birth Hong Kong
Date of death 23 April 2009(2009-04-23) (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.
Lam Sheung Yee
Medal record
Representing  Republic of China
Football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 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.


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