Heah Hock Aun

Heah Hock Aun
Heah Hock Aun
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	15 January 1932 (age 89); Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	May 7th 2014
Event	Men's singles & Men's doubles

Heah Hock Aun, (Chinese: 連福安; born 15 January 1932 in Penang) is a former Malayan (Malaysian) badminton player, known for his accuracy and touch, who excelled internationally during the 1950s.

Career[]

Known as Johnny Heah while playing in Europe, he won men's singles at the Scottish Open in 1952, and was runner-up in men's singles to the celebrated Eddy Choong at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1953.^[1] His most notable badminton achievement was winning men's doubles at the 1957 All-England's with American Joe Alston, beating Eddy Choong and his brother David.^[2] Heah represented Malaya in the 1958 Thomas Cup (world team championship) Challenge Round, splitting his two doubles matches in Malaya's loss of the cup to Indonesia.^[3]

References[]

^ Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 166, 262.
^ Scheele, 168.
^ Scheele, 78.

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[1] Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 166, 262.

[2] Scheele, 168.

[3] Scheele, 78.

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