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Traditional Chinese | 羅北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 罗北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Law Pak (born 25 May 1933) is a former football coach and former 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 temporary but in recent year followed his daughter to migrate to the United States.[1]
In 2014, during an interview, he claimed that himself, Mok Chun Wah and Lau Tim (劉添) were the only surviving gold medalists of the 1958 Asian Games football tournament.[1]
Club career[]
Law was a player of KMB in the 1950s.[2] 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).[3] At that time the footballer were registered as amateur footballer but in fact professional, receiving income from various source.
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International career[]
Law represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1958 Asian Games, the 1960 Summer Olympics,[4] 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.[5]
Managing career[]
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.[6] 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 the team played under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to the foreign relation of Taiwan as well as the People's Republic of China.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 Book 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[]
- 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 2020-04-18.
- Hong Kong footballers
- Taiwanese footballers
- Hong Kong football managers
- Taiwanese football managers
- Eastern Sports Club football managers
- 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 of Taiwan
- Chinese Taipei international footballers
- Chinese Taipei international footballers from Hong Kong
- Living people
- 1933 births
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Association football defenders