Spencer Lam Sheung Yee (Chinese: 林尚義; Jyutping: lam⁴ soeng⁶ ji⁶; 14 December 1934[1] – 23 April 2009) was a football defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor.

Lam Sheung Yee
Born	(1934-12-14)14 December 1934 British Hong Kong
Died	23 April 2009(2009-04-23) (aged 74) North Point, Hong Kong
Nationality	British Overseas Territories citizen Republic of China
Citizenship	Hong Kong
Occupation	actor footballer sport commentator
Association football career Full name Spencer Lam Sheung Yee Position(s) 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 Hong Kong Rangers 1972–1973 Eastern National team 1958–1968 Republic of China Honours Representing  Republic of China Football Asian Games 1958 Tokyo Team Competition *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 the Republic of China in 1960 Olympics football in Rome.[2]

Football career

As a footballer, he was nicknamed Chinese: 重炮; lit. 'Heavy Gun' due to his powerful clearances and long-range free kicks from between 20 and 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.[3] He also had another nickname Chinese: 倉魚; lit. 'pale fish'. He represented Republic of China instead of Hong Kong, despite both teams being founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.

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Honours

• 1958 Asian Games - Football Champion (Republic of China)
• 1971/72 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Champion (Hong Kong Rangers FC)
• 1971/72 Hong Kong First Division League Champion (Hong Kong Rangers FC)
• 3x Asian Football Confederation winners

Acting career

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He also developed an acting career garnering 48 credits[4] from 1992 to 2004. He is most remembered for roles in Young And Dangerous where he played a priest and Karen Mok's father, Sunshine Cops and Your Place Or Mine.

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Lam Sheung Yee at IMDb
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lam Sheung Yee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

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