Lam Sheung Yee

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lam (林).

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.

Lam Sheung Yee
Born	(1934-12-14)14 December 1934 British Hong Kong
Died	23 April 2009(2009-04-23) (aged 74) North Point, Hong Kong, China
Nationality	British dependent territories citizen (until 1997) Republic of China People's Republic of China
Occupations	actor footballer sport commentator
Association football career Full name Spencer Lam Sheung Yee Position(s) Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1944–1948 Eastern 1948–1962 Kitchee 1962–1963 Five-One-Seven 1963–1964 Kitchee 1964–1965 KMB 1965–1967 Yuen Long 1967–1970 Eastern 1970–1972 Hong Kong Rangers 1972–1973 Eastern International career 1958–1968 Republic of China Medal record Representing  Republic of China Football Asian Games 1958 Tokyo Team Competition *Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

As 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.

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

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

• 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

1. FIFA.com - Seung-yee LAM
2. "Lam Sheung Yee". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
3. 「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.
4. "Spencer Lam". IMDb. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

External links

• 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.