Ho Ying Fun

{{Short description|Hong Kong footballer}}

{{family name hatnote|Ho (何)|lang=Chinese}}

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|birth_date = 1921

|birth_place = British Hong Kong

|death_date = 21 October 2012{{cite news|url=http://paper.wenweipo.com/2002/10/25/SP0210250026.htm|title=足壇名宿何應芬辭世|date=25 October 2002|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Wen Wei Po|language=Chinese}}

|death_place = Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

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|position = Forward

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|clubs1 = Singtao

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|nationalyears1 = 194?

|nationalteam1 = China

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|nationalyears2 = 1948

|nationalteam2 = China Olympic

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|nationalyears3 = 1954–1960

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|manageryears1 = 1966 |managerclubs1 = Republic of China

|manageryears2 = 1960s |managerclubs2 = Laos

|manageryears3 = 1973–1975 |managerclubs3 = Hong Kong

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{{Infobox Chinese|title=Ho Ying Fun|t=何應芬|s=何应芬|p=Hé Yīngfēn|order=ts}}

Ho Ying Fun (1921 – 21 October 2012) was a professional footballer and football manager.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24436 |title=Ho Ying Fun |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 October 2021}} Born in Hong Kong, he represented Republic of China in 1948 Olympics{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china-olyteam48.html|title = Chinese Olympic team 1948}}{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18384111|title=Olympians in soccer side|date=14 July 1953|access-date=9 September 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=archive of National Library of Australia}} and Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1954, 1958 Asian Games, as well as 1956 and 1960 AFC Asian Cup.{{cite journal|url=http://www.isu.edu.tw/upload/26/4/HS_journals/Vol1-9/11.pdf|title=The Influence of Hong Kong South China Football Club to Taiwan's Football Development (1949–1970)|last1=鄭|first1=夏英|last2=吳|first2=俊賢|last3=王|first3=宏義|journal=《人文與社會》學報|volume=1|issue=9th issue|pages=237–265|date=December 2006|publisher=I-Shou University|language=Chinese|access-date=2017-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810183120/http://www.isu.edu.tw/upload/26/4/HS_journals/Vol1-9/11.pdf|archive-date=2017-08-10|url-status=dead}} Ho also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament in 1957.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATWrCgAAQBAJ|script-title=zh:足球王國:戰後初期的香港足球|last=Lee|first=John C.W.|language=zh-hk|publisher=Joint Publishing|location=Hong Kong|date=2015|access-date=18 December 2017|isbn=9789620437823|page=72|via=Google Books preview|url-access=limited}}

After retirement, he coached Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1966 Pestabola Merdeka. He also coached Laos{{cite news|url=http://chinesetimes.lib.sfu.ca/islandora/object/ctimes%3A138865|title=體育漫談|date=28 September 1968|access-date=9 September 2017|work={{ill|The Chinese Times|zh|大漢公報}} |location=Vancouver|via=archive of Simon Fraser University Library|language=Chinese}} and Hong Kong.

Honours

Republic of China

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