Chung Nam-sik (, 16 February 1917 – 5 April 2005) was a Korean

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player and manager. He played as a striker for the

South Korea national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

during the 1940s and 1950s, including at the

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Honors

Manager

South Korea *

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: 1965

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* 1917 births 2005 deaths South Korean men's footballers Men's association football forwards South Korea men's international footballers Olympic footballers for South Korea Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1954 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games South Korean football managers South Korea national football team managers People from Gimje Footballers from North Jeolla Province 20th-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games silver medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub