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Died | 13 February 2024
New York, U.S. | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Citizenship | British Hong Kong (1929–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 羅北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 罗北 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Law Pak (25 May 1933 – 13 February 2024) was a Hong Kong-born football coach and Republic of China (Taiwan) international footballer. However, he spent his entire playing career in the British Hong Kong. As a coach, he coached teams from Hong Kong and Taiwan; he also resided in Taiwan temporarily but in recent years followed his daughter to migrate to the United States. [1]
In 2014, during an interview, he claimed that he, Mok Chun Wah and Lau Tim (劉添) were the only surviving gold medalists of the 1958 Asian Games football tournament. [1]
Law died in New York on 13 February 2024, at the age of 90. [2]
Law was a player of KMB in the 1950s. [3] He was also employed by the owner of the football club, Kowloon Motor Bus, as a bus station manager, according to an interview of Law by John C.W. Lee (李峻嶸). [4] At that time the footballers were registered as amateur footballers but in fact professional, receiving income from various sources.
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Law represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1958 Asian Games, the 1960 Summer Olympics, [5] the 1960 AFC Asian Cup, the 1966 Asian Games and the 1968 AFC Asian Cup.
Law also played for Hong Kong League XI in 1958 Merdeka Tournament. [6]
Law had managed Hong Kong football clubs Yuen Long [1] and Eastern. [1] With Eastern, he was assisted by Koo Luam Khen who acted as coach. [7] He also spent over 10 years in Taiwan for Flying Camel, [1] a military sponsored club. During his career at Taiwan, he also guest coached Republic of China (Taiwan), [1] which team played under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to the foreign relations of Taiwan as well as the People's Republic of China.
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