Yiu Cheuk Yin (or transliterated as Yiu Chuk Yin; 3 July 1928 – 1 February 2008) was a former Hong Kong

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who represented Republic of China (Taiwan) in the

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and in the

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, but spent his entire career in

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...

, a colony of the British Empire. Yiu also represented Hong Kong Chinese in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup. Yiu, along with

Mok Chun Wah Mok Chun Wah (also transliterated as Mok Chun Wa, born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer. Born in British Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents, Mok represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional caree ...

and Ho Cheng Yau, was collectively known as the ''Three Aces'' of

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Honours

Republic of China *

Gold medal:

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

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 ...

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* * 1928 births 2008 deaths Hong Kong footballers Taiwanese footballers Hong Kong football managers Hong Kong First Division League players Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Taiwan 1960 AFC Asian Cup players Chinese Taipei international footballers Chinese Taipei international footballers from Hong Kong Association football forwards Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games yuen Long FC players hong Kong Rangers FC players kitchee SC players south China AA players {{Taiwan-footy-bio-stub