Yeap Cheng Eng

Chinese footballer

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

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yè Qīngróng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jip6 Cing1 Wing4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Ia̍p Chheng-êng
Tâi-lô	Ia̍p Tshing-îng

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

^ One Enchanted Moment. New Straits Times. 30 December 1992.
^ The forgotten Olympians | The Star
^ "Yeap Cheng Eng". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "The 27th HMS Malaya Cup Final 1953". Malaysia Football Museum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.