Lim Yong Liang

Lim Yong Liang MBE (1 December 1900[1] - 29 October 1982) was a Singaporean football manager and footballer.

Playing career

Club career

Lim started playing football while studying at St. Joseph's Institution.[2] While studying, Lim started playing for White Star XI in 1919.[2][3] In 1920, Lim Kee Cheok, one of the founders of the Straits Chinese Football Association (SCFA), spotted him and Lim joined his club.[2] He became a regular player for SCFA and then captained the team.[2]

In 1924, Lim captained the Batavia team which won the Java Football Championship held in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (present day Jakarta, Indonesia).[2]

Lim played as a striker.[4][5][6]

Lim retired from football at the end of the 1934 football season.[2]

International career

In 1922, Lim was selected to the Singapore national team playing in the Malaya Cup and represented Singapore for six editions (1923, 1925 to 1929) of the Cup.[3] The team reached the finals in all six editions.[3]

Managerial career

From 1933 to 1940, Lim coached the Chinese teams in Singapore. He also coached the Singapore team for the Malaya Cup from 1936 till 1942 when the Japanese invaded Singapore.[2]

Lim managed the Singapore national football team.[7][8][9][10]

Post football career

From 1945 to 1965, Lim was the secretary of the Singapore Amateur Football Association.[1]

Honours

References
  1. Low, Jeffrey (1 December 1979). "79 and still going strong". New Nation. p. 17. Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. "SOCCER STALWARTS OF 2 DECADES". The Singapore Free Press. 8 May 1947. p. 7 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. "In The Sporting Limelight". The Straits Times. 15 October 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 23 June 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. "Tribue to Lim Yong Liang". Straits Times.
  5. "Lim Yong Liang - Singapore Free Press article".
  6. "Lim Yong Liang - Malayan Saturday Post article".
  7. "'Pop' resigns and will go to UK to fulfil an ambition". Straits Times.
  8. "Award to Top' Yong Liang hailed". Straits Times.
  9. "Pop', 80, carries on love affair with soccer". Straits Times.
  10. "'Pop' Lim, a soccer institution". Straits Times.
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