Lam Sheung Yee

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|12|14}}

| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2009|04|23|1934|12|14}}

| death_place = North Point, Hong Kong, China

| nationality = {{ubl|British dependent territories citizen (until 1997)|Republic of China|People's Republic of China}}

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| occupation = {{ubl|actor|footballer|sport commentator}}

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| fullname = Spencer Lam Sheung Yee

| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1944–1948

| years2 =1948–1962

| years3 =1962–1963

| years4 =1963–1964

| years5 =1964–1965

| years6 =1965–1967

| years7 = 1967–1970

| years8 = 1970–1972

| years9 = 1972–1973

| clubs1 = Eastern

| clubs2 = Kitchee

| clubs3 = Five-One-Seven

| clubs4 = Kitchee

| clubs5 = KMB

| clubs6 = Yuen Long

| clubs7 = Eastern

| clubs8 = Hong Kong Rangers

| clubs9 = Eastern

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| nationalyears1 = 1958–1968

| nationalteam1 = Republic of China

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Spencer Lam Sheung Yee ({{zh| t=林尚義|j=lam⁴ soeng⁶ ji⁶}}; 14 December 1934[https://web.archive.org/web/20080521015336/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=289797/index.html FIFA.com - Seung-yee LAM] – 23 April 2009) was a football defender, coach and announcer, as well as an actor.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27431 |title=Lam Sheung Yee |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 December 2021}}

Football career

As a footballer, he was nicknamed {{zh|t=重炮|l=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.{{cite news|url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090423/3/bu4l.html|script-title=zh:「重炮」震球壇亞運摘金|publisher=Sing Tao|language=Chinese|date=2009-04-24|accessdate=2009-04-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426172557/http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090423/3/bu4l.html|archivedate=26 April 2009}} He also had another nickname {{zh|t=倉魚|l=pale fish}}. He represented Republic of China instead of Hong Kong, despite both teams being founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.

=Honours=

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

{{Expand section|summary of career as an actor|date=August 2014}}

He also developed an acting career garnering 48 credits{{Cite web |title=Spencer Lam |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482687/ |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=IMDb}} from 1992 to 2004. He is most remembered for roles in Young And Dangerous where he played a priest and Karen Mok's father, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220078/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk2 Sunshine Cops] and Your Place Or Mine.

Partial filmography

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

External links

{{IMDb name|0482687}}
{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/spencer-lam-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/spencer-lam-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Lam Sheung Yee}}

Category:1934 births

Category:2009 deaths

Category:Association football commentators

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic footballers for Taiwan

Category:Chinese Taipei men's international footballers

Category:Chinese Taipei men's international footballers from Hong Kong

Category:Taiwanese men's footballers

Category:Hong Kong First Division League players

Category:Hong Kong men's footballers

Category:Hong Kong male television actors