Huh Yoon-jung
{{short description|South Korean footballer (1936–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Huh Yoon-jung
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|fullname = Huh Yoon-jung
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|9|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = Jindo, Zenranan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
|death_date = ? August 2022 (aged 85){{cite news |url=http://www.yhjindo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=6741 |script-title=ko:전 국가대표 축구스타 허윤정 감독 타계 |publisher=Yehyang Jindo Newspaper |language=ko |date=2022-08-18 |access-date=2022-11-09}}
|death_place = South Korea
|height =
|position = Forward
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|youthyears1 =
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|years1 = 1961–1962 |clubs1 = ROK Air Force |caps1 = |goals1 =
|years2 = 1962{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1962120300209206001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1962-12-03&officeId=00020&pageNo=6&printNo=12644&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:東京『올림픽』서 겨눌韓國體育 優秀選手538名 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|website=Naver |language=ko |date=1962-12-03 |access-date=2022-11-09}} |clubs2 = ROK Army OPMG
|years3 = 1963{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1963041700209208013&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1963-04-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=12758&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:蹴球優秀選手 새로25名選拔 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|website=Naver |language=ko |date=1963-04-17 |access-date=2022-11-09}} |clubs3 = ROK Army Engineer Corps
|years4 = 1964–1966 |clubs4 = Korea Coal Corporation
|years5 = 1967–1968 |clubs5 = Yangzee
|years6 = 1968–1969 |clubs6 = Sing Tao
|years7 = 1970–1973 |clubs7 = Seoul Bank
|nationalyears1 = 1964
|nationalteam1 = South Korea B
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|nationalgoals1 =
|nationalyears2 = 1963–1971
|nationalteam2 = South Korea
|nationalcaps2 = 49
|nationalgoals2 = 21
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | AFC Asian Cup}}
{{MedalBronze | 1964 Israel | Team}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 허윤정
| hanja = 許允正
| rr = Heo Yunjeong
| mr = Hŏ Yunjŏng
}}
{{family name hatnote|Huh||lang=Korean}}
Huh Yoon-jung (30 September 1936 – August 2022) was a South Korean footballer who played as a forward.
Playing career
In 1962, South Korea hosted the World Military Cup final and played against Greek national military team, the winners of the qualifiers. South Korea lost to Greece on aggregate, but Huh received attention by scoring the winning goal in the second leg.{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1962091800209208004&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1962-09-18&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=12579&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:希臘팀優勝 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|website=Naver |language=ko |date=1962-09-18 |access-date=2022-11-09}} After the World Military Cup, Huh was selected for South Korean national team, playing in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/huh-yun-jeong-1.html |accessdate=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218201046/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/huh-yun-jeong-1.html |archivedate=18 December 2012 }} He is also the first South Korean footballer to join a foreign football club.{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1968090300209208018&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1968-09-03&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=14429&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:許允正선수入團說 홍콩蹴球팀에 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|website=Naver |language=ko |date=1968-09-03 |access-date=2022-11-09}}{{cite news |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20190207/94014332/4 |script-title=ko:[최현길의 스포츠에세이] 1969년 허윤정부터 2019년 이강인까지…한국축구의 도전은 계속 된다 |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko |date=2019-02-08 |access-date=2022-11-09}}
Personal life
Huh was a relative of Huh Jung-moo, another famous South Korean footballer. (Some sources claimed Huh was Jung-moo's uncle.) Jung-moo started playing football after Huh urged him to become a youth football player.{{cite news |url=http://news.bookdb.co.kr/bdb/Interview.do?_method=InterviewDetail&sc.mreviewNo=58164 |script-title=ko:[월드컵 특집] 나무꾼이 될뻔했던, 허정무 |publisher=BookDB |language=ko |date=2014-06-09 |access-date=2022-11-09}} He died on August 2022.
Honours
Korea Coal Corporation
- Korean National Championship: 1964{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skorchamp.html |title=South Korea - List of Champions |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Hans |last2=Schöggl |first3=Mark |website=RSSSF |last3=Trevena}}
South Korea B
- AFC Asian Cup third place: 1964{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asiachamp.html |title=Asian Nations Cup |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first=Karel |website=RSSSF |last=Stokkermans}}
Individual
- KASA Best Korean Footballer: 1967{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1968013000209208003&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1968-01-30&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=14243&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:最優秀에申東坡 |language=ko |website=Naver |publisher=The Dong-a Ilbo|date=1968-01-30 |access-date=2022-05-14}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%ED%97%88%EC%9C%A4%EC%A0%95 Huh Yoon-jung] at KFA {{in lang|ko}}
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- {{WorldFootball.net|yun-jeong-huh}}
{{South Korea squad 1964 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{South Korea football squad 1964 Summer Olympics}}
{{Korea Football Association Footballer of the Year}}
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Category:South Korean men's footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for South Korea
Category:Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:1964 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:Republic of Korea Army personnel
Category:Republic of Korea Air Force personnel
Category:Footballers from South Jeolla Province
Category:People from Jindo County
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:20th-century South Korean sportsmen
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