Law Pak
Born(1933-05-25)25 May 1933
British Hong Kong
Died15 February 2024(2024-02-15) (aged 90)
Nationality
Republic of China (Taiwan)(1949–0000)
British Hong Kong(1929–1997)
Republic of China(1929–1949)
CitizenshipBritish Hong Kong (1929–1997)
Occupations
  • association footballer
  • association football coach
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Association football career
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
KMB
International career
1958–1967[1] Republic of China (Taiwan)
Managerial career
Yuen Long[1]
1977–1981 Republic of China (Taiwan)[1]
1975–1989[1] Flying Camel[1]
1990–1991 Eastern[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese羅北
Simplified Chinese罗北

Law Pak (25 May 1933 – 15 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 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]

Law died on 15 February 2024, at the age of 90.[2]

Club career

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 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,[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

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 the team played under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to the foreign relation of Taiwan as well as the People's Republic of China.

Honours

Republic of China

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "感懷亞運金牌老國腳 羅北生前驕傲盡在台灣". Gogoal. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Law Pak". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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

Formosa football squad – 1960 Summer Olympics
Republic of China squad – 1960 AFC Asian Cup third place
Republic of China squad – 1968 AFC Asian Cup fourth place
Chinese Taipei national football team – managers
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