Spencer Lam Sheung Yee (Chinese: 林尚義; Jyutping: lam4 soeng6 ji6; 14 December 1934[1] – 23 April 2009) was a football defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor.
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| Born | 14 December 1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spencer was a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong with an economics major. He was once a secondary school teacher in Hong Kong while working as a voice actor on television advertisements and a football player. At an international level, he represented the Republic of China in 1960 Olympics football in Rome.[2]
Football career
editAs a footballer, he was nicknamed Chinese: 重炮; lit. 'Heavy Gun' due to his powerful clearances and long-range free kicks from between 20 and 40 yards), but it also had a lot to do with the materials used on the match balls are a lot heavier than the ones being used nowadays.[3] He also had another nickname Chinese: 倉魚; lit. 'pale fish'. He represented Republic of China instead of Hong Kong, despite both teams being founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
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Honours
edit- 1958 Asian Games - Football Champion (Republic of China)
- 1971/72 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield Champion (Hong Kong Rangers FC)
- 1971/72 Hong Kong First Division League Champion (Hong Kong Rangers FC)
- 3x Asian Football Confederation winners
Acting career
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He also developed an acting career garnering 48 credits[4] from 1992 to 2004. He is most remembered for roles in Young And Dangerous where he played a priest and Karen Mok's father, Sunshine Cops and Your Place Or Mine.
Partial filmography
edit- Fight Back to School II (1992) - Judo Teacher
- Gameboy Kids (1992) - Police Captain
- Murder (1993) - Jessica's Boss
- Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chat (1994) - Football Commentator (voice)
- Dream Lover (1995) - Television Commentator
- Young and Dangerous (1996) - Father Lam
- Sexy and Dangerous (1996) - Fly Head
- Young and Dangerous 2 (1996) - Father Lam
- Satan Returns (1996) - The Reverend
- Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996) - Sheung-Yee
- Street Angels (1996) - Barrister Lam
- Big Bullet (1996) - Dan
- Young and Dangerous 3 (1996) - Father Lam
- Feel 100% (1996) - Principal
- War of the Underworld (1996) - Mao
- Da nei mi tan zhi ling ling xing xing (1996) - Sun Ng-Hung / Lam Sheung-Yee
- Bodyguards of the Last Governor (1996) - Bao
- Rebekah (1996)
- Till Death Do Us Laugh (1996) - Yan
- Passionate Nights (1997) - Head of Security Agency
- Black Rose II (1997) - Lui Kei
- Young and Dangerous 4 (1997) - Father Lam
- Lawyer Lawyer (1997) - Priest
- Killing Me Tenderly (1997) - Su-Kan's Superior
- We're No Bad Guys (1997) - Bomb Squad Man
- 03:00 A.M. (1997) - Dr. Tso
- Chao ji wu di zhui nu zai 2 zhi gou zai xiong xin (1997)
- Midnight Zone (1997) - Uncle Seven (first segment)
- Beyond Time Space Want Love (1998)
- B gai waak (1998) - Lam
- Haunted Mansion (1998) - The Professor
- Your Place or Mine! (1998) - Leung Shiu, Wai's Father (Simon)
- Wai Goh dik goo si (1998)
- The Conman (1998) - Football commentator
- Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King (1999)
- Prince Charming (1999) - Wah's Dad
- Horoscope 1: The Voice from Hell (1999) - Jojo's Grandfather
- The Sunshine Cops (1999) - H2O's father
- My Loving Trouble 7 (1999)
- Born to Be King (2000) - Father Lam
- Blue Moon (2001)
- You Shoot, I Shoot (2001) - Mr. Tse
- Women from Mars (2002)
- The Twins Effect (2003) - Jackie's father
- Dragon Loaded 2003 (2003) - Gold's father
- Fantasia (2004) - TV commentator
- Herbal Tea (2004) - Tinibal Carl Chiu (final film role)
References
edit- ^ FIFA.com - Seung-yee LAM
- ^ "Lam Sheung Yee". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ 「重炮」震球壇 亞運摘金 (in Chinese). Sing Tao. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
- ^ "Spencer Lam". IMDb. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
External links
edit- Lam Sheung Yee at IMDb
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lam Sheung Yee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.