Spencer Lam Sheung Yee (; 14 December 1934 – 23 April 2009) was a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

defender, coach and announcer, as well as an

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. Spencer was a graduate of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

with an economics major. He was once a

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

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 Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

in 1960 Olympics football in

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Football career

As a footballer, he was nicknamed 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. He also had another nickname . He represented

instead of

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, despite both teams being founding members of the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...

in 1954.

Honours

1958 Asian Games The 1958 Asian Games, officially the Third Asian Games () and commonly known as Tokyo 1958 (), were a multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 May to 1 June 1958. It was governed by the Asian Games Federation. A total of 1,820 athletes repr ...

- Football Champion (

) * 1971/72

Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the Association football, football Single-elimination tournament, knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the List of oldest football competitions, fo ...

Champion (

Hong Kong Rangers FC Hong Kong Rangers Football Club (), often abbreviated to Rangers, currently known as Biu Chun Rangers due to sponsorship reasons, is a Hong Kong professional association football, football club which currently competes in the Hong Kong Premier ...

) * 1971/72

Hong Kong First Division League The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the List of oldest football competitions, third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is ...

Champion (

) * 3x

winners

Acting career

He also developed an acting career garnering 48 credits from 1992 to 2004. He is most remembered for roles in

Young And Dangerous Young and Dangerous may refer to: * ''Young and Dangerous'' (film series), a collection of Hong Kong films about a group of young triad members ** ''Young and Dangerous'' (1996 film), a Hong Kong crime film ** '' Young and Dangerous: The Prequel' ...

where he played a priest and

Karen Mok Karen Joy Morris (; born 2 June 1970), better known as Karen Mok, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is considered one of the leading East Asian pop singers and actresses with a career spanning three decades. Mok is the first female Hong Kong ...

's father
Sunshine Cops
and

Your Place Or Mine Your Place or Mine can refer to: Television *'' Your Place or Mine?'', an American television game show Film *'' Your Place or Mine!'', 1998 Hong Kong film * ''Your Place or Mine?'' (film), 2015 Filipino romantic film * ''Your Place or Mine'' (fil ...

Partial filmography

* ''

Fight Back to School II ''Fight Back to School 2'' () is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy, action comedy film directed by Gordon Chan and co-written by Chan Kin-chung, and produced by Jimmy Heung. The film stars Stephen Chow, Ng Man-Tat and Cheung Man. It is a sequel to ...

'' (1992) - Judo Teacher * '' Gameboy Kids'' (1992) - Police Captain * ''

Murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...

'' (1993) - Jessica's Boss * ''Gwok chaan Ling Ling Chat'' (1994) - Football Commentator (voice) * ''

Dream Lover "Dream Lover" is a song written by American musician Bobby Darin. Darin recorded his composition on March 5, 1959 and released it as a single the following month. It was produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler and engineered by Tom Dowd. The ...

'' (1995) - Television Commentator * ''

Young and Dangerous Young and Dangerous may refer to: * ''Young and Dangerous'' (film series), a collection of Hong Kong films about a group of young triad members ** ''Young and Dangerous'' (1996 film), a Hong Kong crime film ** '' Young and Dangerous: The Prequel' ...

'' (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% ''Feel 100%'' (Chinese: 百分百感覺) is a popular Hong Kong comic book series written by Lau Wan Kit (劉雲傑) and Yau Ching Yuen ( 游清源). Its popularity has resulted in various adaptations on film and television. To this date the ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (1998) - The Professor * ''

Your Place or Mine! ''Your Place or Mine!'' () is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic sex-comedy film written and directed by James Yuen and produced by Wong Jing. Plot Cheung is an advertising executive who has dated many women, often with the same talent that he emplo ...

'' (1998) - Leung Shiu, Wai's Father (Simon) * ''Wai Goh dik goo si'' (1998) * ''

The Conman ''The Conman'' is a 1998 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau, Athena Chu and Nick Cheung. Despite the Chinese title, which translates as ''Knight of Gamblers 1999'', Andy Lau does not reprise his role as th ...

'' (1998) - Football commentator * '' Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King'' (1999) * ''

Prince Charming Prince Charming is a fairy tale stock character archetype who comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress and must engage in a quest to liberate her from an evil spell. This classification suits most heroes of a number of traditional folk tales ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (2001) * ''

You Shoot, I Shoot ''You Shoot, I Shoot'' (買兇拍人) is a 2001 Hong Kong black comedy film produced, written and directed by Pang Ho-cheung and starring Eric Kot and Cheung Tat-ming. Plot Bart ( Eric Kot), a professional contract killer, is requested by h ...

'' (2001) - Mr. Tse * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

The Twins Effect ''The Twins Effect'', also known as ''Vampire Effect'' in the United States, is a 2003 Hong Kong martial arts comedy-horror film directed by Dante Lam and Donnie Yen. The film was derived from Cantopop group Twins, starring both members Charl ...

'' (2003) - Jackie's father * '' Dragon Loaded 2003'' (2003) - Gold's father * '' Fantasia'' (2004) - TV commentator * ''

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'' (2004) - Tinibal Carl Chiu (final film role)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Sheungyee 1934 births 2009 deaths Association football commentators Men's association football defenders Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Taiwan Chinese Taipei men's international footballers Chinese Taipei men's international footballers from Hong Kong Taiwanese men's footballers Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong male television actors Hong Kong male voice actors Hong Kong television presenters Hong Kong male film actors Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games 1968 AFC Asian Cup players Yuen Long FC players Kitchee SC players Eastern Sports Club footballers Hong Kong Rangers FC players Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong