Yeap Cheng Eng

Yeap Cheng Eng

Personal information
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth	Malaysia
Date of death	1994
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	China

Yeap Cheng Eng
Traditional Chinese	葉清榮
Simplified Chinese	叶清荣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Qīngróng Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ia̍p Tshing-îng

Yeap Cheng Eng (1915–1994) was a Chinese footballer. He was the first Malayan ever to participate in the Olympic Games, when he was a member of the football team which represented the China in the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

In Malayan domestic football, he represented the state of Penang and was their captain for many years, winning the Malaya Cup in 1953, 1954, and 1958 (at the age of 42).

References

• Profile at the Penang State Government