Mok Chun Wah

Mok Chun Wah (also transliterated as Mok Chun Wa, born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer. Born in Hong Kong, in the British Empire to ethnic Chinese parent, Mok represented Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional career in the Hong Kong leagues.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Mok (莫).
Mok Chun Wah
Mok in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-05-05) 5 May 1929
Place of birth Hong Kong, the British Empire
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
South China
National team
Republic of China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Mok Chun Wah
Traditional Chinese莫振華
Simplified Chinese莫振华

Early life

On May 5, 1929, Mok was born in Hong Kong.

Club career

Mok was with Yiu Cheuk Yin and Ho Cheng Yau one of the "Three Aces" that formed the strikeforce of South China Athletic Association in the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

International career

He was part of the Republic of China (Taiwan) team that won the gold medals at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games.[2] He scored a goal in the 1960 Olympics.[3]

Mok also represented Hong Kong Chinese[4][5] in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup;[6] in 1957, Mok also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament; the team was almost entirely composed of the players of Eastern Sports Club, which was playing friendlies in the Asia-Pacific.[7] However, Mok was the only player to fly directly from Hong Kong as a non-Eastern player. That representative team, was in fact composed for 9 Hong Kong footballers that chose to represent Republic of China (Taiwan).[8] Mok was also selected to the 1961 edition as a member of Hong Kong League XI.[9]

References
  1. "'Treasure of Hong Kong Football' Yiu dies". South China Morning Post. 3 February 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. 何長發 (5 June 2012). 無足球意識還談啥大計畫. 發哥論球 column. ETtoday (in Chinese). Eastern Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. "Italy - Taiwan 4:1". FIFA. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  4. "Hong Kong keep Cup". The Straits Times. 8 June 1959. Retrieved 8 September 2017 – via Singapore National Library.
  5. "和和杯足球賽港華蟬聯三屆冠軍七比二擊敗馬華隊觀眾達一萬七千人". Nanyang Siang Pau (in Chinese). Singapore. 8 June 1959. Retrieved 9 September 2017 – via Singapore National Library.
  6. "Ho Ho Cup and Por Yen Cup". RSSSF. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. "Socceroo B Matches for 1957". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  8. 李, 峻嶸 (2015). 足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9789620437823. Retrieved 18 December 2017 – via Google Book preview.
  9. 足總補選兩將赴默迪卡作賽. Wah Kiu Yat Po (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 15 July 1961. p. 12 – via Hong Kong Public Libraries.
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