Law Pak
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| Born | 25 May 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 2024 (aged 90) New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizenship | British Hong Kong (1929–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Law Pak (25 May 1933 – 13 February 2024) was a Hong Kong-born football coach and Republic of China (Taiwan) international footballer. However, he spent his entire playing career in the British Hong Kong. As a coach, he coached teams from Hong Kong and Taiwan; he also resided in Taiwan temporarily but in recent years followed his daughter to migrate to the United States.[1]
In 2014, during an interview, he claimed that he, Mok Chun Wah and Lau Tim (劉添) were the only surviving gold medalists of the 1958 Asian Games football tournament.[1]
Law died in New York on 13 February 2024, at the age of 90.[2]
Club career
[edit]Law was a player of KMB in the 1950s.[3] He was also employed by the owner of the football club, Kowloon Motor Bus, as a bus station manager, according to an interview of Law by John C.W. Lee (李峻嶸).[4] At that time the footballers were registered as amateur footballers but in fact professional, receiving income from various sources.
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International career
[edit]Law represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1958 Asian Games, the 1960 Summer Olympics,[5] the 1960 AFC Asian Cup, the 1966 Asian Games and the 1968 AFC Asian Cup.
Law also played for Hong Kong League XI in 1958 Merdeka Tournament.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]Law had managed Hong Kong football clubs Yuen Long[1] and Eastern.[1] With Eastern, he was assisted by Koo Luam Khen who acted as coach.[7] He also spent over 10 years in Taiwan for Flying Camel,[1] a military sponsored club. During his career at Taiwan, he also guest coached Republic of China (Taiwan),[1] which team played under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to the foreign relations of Taiwan as well as the People's Republic of China.
Honours
[edit]Republic of China
- Asian Games Gold medal: 1958
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 何, 長發 (23 October 2014). 羅北逾半世紀足球金牌英雄 一生驕傲在台灣. 發哥論球 column. ETtoday (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Eastern Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ Chiang-Fa, He. "羅北穿「飛駝50週年」紀念衫上天國 飛駝人感性追思致意". Yahoo (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ 沈, 西城 (28 June 2015). 落魄球王姚卓然. 蘋果花開 column. Apple Daily (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Next Digital. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ Lee, John C.W. (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Books preview.
- ^ "Law Pak". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Written at Kuala Lumpur. 香港慘敗於馬隊原因 球員惜身未能苦鬥 前鋒無法突破密集 楊根保說因先驕後亂而失江山. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 4 September 1958 [Written on 2 September 1958]. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
- ^ 東方新軍重體力化 來屆班費增二十萬 羅北擔任領隊古廉權受聘教練. Ta Kung Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 18 June 1990. p. 8 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
External links
[edit]- Law Pak – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Law Pak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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- 1933 births
- 2024 deaths
- Hong Kong men's footballers
- Taiwanese men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- 1960 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1968 AFC Asian Cup players
- Olympic footballers for Taiwan
- Chinese Taipei men's international footballers
- Chinese Taipei men's international footballers from Hong Kong
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Hong Kong football managers
- Taiwanese football managers
- Eastern Sports Club football managers
- Chinese Taipei national football team managers