Ham Heung-chul (17 November 1930 – 11 September 2000) was a South Korean
football player and manager. While playing for the
South Korea national football team
The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia ...
, Ham won two titles in the
AFC Asian Cup and three silver medals in the
Asian Games. He also participated in the
1964 Summer Olympics, but conceded 20 goals during three Olympic matches. After retirement, Ham managed South Korean national team, winning the
1978 Asian Games
The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...
. He also managed
Hallelujah FC
Hallelujah FC is a defunct South Korean football club. The club was officially founded on December 20, 1980 as the first professional football club in South Korea.
History
Hallelujah FC was founded by Choi Soon-young, president of the KFA at ...
, and became the first manager to win the
K League title.
While climbing
Mt. Seorak, Ham lost his footing and fell off a cliff on 11 September 2000. This accident was his last moment.
Honours
Player
ROK Army OPMG
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Korean National Championship: 1954
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Korean President's Cup
The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of So ...
runner-up: 1957
Korea Tungsten
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Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1965
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Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1965, 1966
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Korean President's Cup
The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of So ...
: 1965, 1966
South Korea
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AFC Asian Cup:
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...
,
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Jan ...
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Asian Games silver medal:
1954,
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
,
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...
Individual
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KASA Best Korean Footballer: 1961
Manager
South Korea
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Asian Games:
1978
Hallelujah FC
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K League 1
The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs.
History
The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...
:
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
Individual
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K League 1 Manager of the Year:
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
References
External links
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Ham Heung-chulat
KFA
1930 births
2000 deaths
South Korean footballers
South Korea international footballers
Hallelujah FC managers
South Korean football managers
1954 FIFA World Cup players
1956 AFC Asian Cup players
1960 AFC Asian Cup players
Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Olympic footballers of South Korea
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games
Footballers at the 1962 Asian Games
Footballers from Seoul
Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea
Association football goalkeepers
Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
20th-century South Korean people
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