Yeap Cheng Eng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yeap.
Yeap Cheng Eng
Born 1914
Died 1994
Nationality Malaysian
Occupation Footballer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 葉清榮
Simplified Chinese 叶清荣
Hanyu Pinyin Yè Qīngróng
Hokkien POJ Ia̍p Tshing-îng

Yeap Cheng Eng (1915–1994)[1][2] was a Malaysian footballer of Chinese heritage. He was the first Malayan ever to participate in the Olympic Games, when he was a member of the football team which represented the Republic of China in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

In Malayan domestic football, he represented the state of Penang and was their captain for many years, winning the Malaya Cup in 1953, 1954, and 1958 (at the age of 42).

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