{{Short description|Malaysian sportsperson (1930–2016)}} {{MedalTableTop|medals= {{Medal|Country | {{flag|Malaya}} }} {{Medal|Sport | Men's field hockey}} {{Medal|Competition|Asian Games}} {{Medal|Bronze|1962 Jakarta|Team}} }} '''Michael Francis Shepherdson''' (10 December 1930 – 13 February 2016) was a Malaysian field hockey player, association football goalkeeper, and cricketer. He participated in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and twice in the Asian Games, in 1958 and 1962, where the Malaysian team won a bronze medal. At the 1956 Olympics he was selected to the World Xl hockey team, the first ever Malaysian representative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/hockey/2016/02/14/former-international-shepherdson-passes-away/ |title=Former international Shepherdson passes away - Hockey {{!}} The Star Online |website=www.thestar.com.my |access-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218010921/http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/hockey/2016/02/14/former-international-shepherdson-passes-away/ |archivedate=2016-02-18 }}</ref> Later he became a goalkeeper for Selangor FA and was captain of the national cricket team. He was known for the distinction of being the only Malaysian who captained both national hockey and cricket teams "<ref>Sporting fraternity bids farewell to a local legend http://www.themalaymailonline.com/sports/article/sporting-fraternity-bids-farewell-to-a-local-legend#sthash.PaB92HwX.dpuf. ''www.themalaymailonline.com'' Retrieved 11 September 2016</ref>". In 2011, he was inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia's (OCM) Hall of Fame for his sporting achievements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://astrogoread.astro.com.my/topics/article/0-s_17676-4687413|title=Former Sportswriter's Ode to Mike Shepherdson - Astro Read|website=astrogoread.astro.com.my|access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref>
In cricket he was credited as an early exponent of a specific technique for facing fast bowling, which was later successfully used by Australian captain Ian Chappell in the 1975-76 home Test series, against the fearsome West Indian pace attack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://astrogoread.astro.com.my/topics/article/0-s_17676-4687413|title=Former Sportswriter's Ode to Mike Shepherdson - Astro Read|website=astrogoread.astro.com.my|access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref> Harjit Singh, President of the Johor Cricket Council described Mike Shepherdson as "the finest batsman Malaysia ever produced, a gentleman, sportsman, a great friend and the finest example of a humble and caring personality.".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/02/127525/finest-batsman-all-time|title=The finest batsman of all time|date=2016-02-15|newspaper=NST Online|access-date=2016-12-24}}</ref>
Shepherdson died at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur in 2016, aged 85.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ramaguru |first1=S. |title=Former international Shepherdson passes away |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/hockey/2016/02/14/former-international-shepherdson-passes-away/ |accessdate=18 October 2025 |work=The Star |date=14 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218010921/http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/hockey/2016/02/14/former-international-shepherdson-passes-away/ |archivedate=18 February 2016 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{sports links}} *{{Sports-reference|sh/mike-shepherdson-1}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherdson, Mike}} Category:1930 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Malaysian people of Kristang descent Category:Olympic field hockey players for Malaya Category:Malaysian men's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players at the 1958 Asian Games Category:Field hockey players at the 1956 Summer Olympics Category:Field hockey players at the 1962 Asian Games Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in field hockey Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Malaysian men's footballers Category:Selangor F.C. players Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
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