Yeap Cheng Eng
Personal information
Date of birth 1914
Place of birth British Malaya
Date of death 1994
Position(s) 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

Yeap Cheng Eng (1915 – 14 January 1994)[1][2] 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.[3]

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).[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ One Enchanted Moment. New Straits Times. 30 December 1992.
  2. ↑ The forgotten Olympians | The Star
  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.
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