{{Short description|Hong Kong footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Mok (莫)|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |embed = |name = Mok Chun Wah |image = File:Mok Chun Wah.jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = Mok in 2016 |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|5|5|df=yes}} |birth_place = British Hong Kong |death_date = |death_place = |height = |position = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |collegeyears1 = |college1 = |collegecaps1 = |collegegoals1 = |years1 = |clubs1 = South China |caps1 = |goals1 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = Republic of China |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |medaltemplates = }} {{Chinese|t=莫振華|s=莫振华|p=Mò Zhènhuá|j=Mok6 Zan3 Waa4}} '''Mok Chun Wah''' (also transliterated as '''Mok Chun Wa''', born 5 May 1929) is a former professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27436 |title=Mok Chun Wah |work=Olympedia |access-date=14 December 2021 |archive-date=14 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214190214/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27436 |url-status=live }}</ref> Born in British Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents, Mok represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) and spending his whole professional career in the Hong Kong leagues.
== Early life == On May 5, 1929, Mok was born in Hong Kong.
==Club career== Mok was with Yiu Cheuk Yin and Ho Cheng Yau one of the "Three Aces" that formed the strikeforce of South China Athletic Association in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/625392/treasure-hong-kong-football-yiu-dies |title='Treasure of Hong Kong Football' Yiu dies |newspaper=South China Morning Post |date=3 February 2008 |accessdate=10 July 2017 |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021451/http://www.scmp.com/article/625392/treasure-hong-kong-football-yiu-dies |url-status=live }}</ref>
==International career== He was part of the Republic of China (Taiwan) team that won the gold medals at the 1954 and 1958 Asian Games.<ref>{{cite news |language=zh |url=http://www.ettoday.net/news/20120605/53184.htm |script-title=zh:無足球意識還談啥大計畫 |department=發哥論球 column |author=何長發 |website=ETtoday |publisher=Eastern Broadcasting Company |date=5 June 2012 |accessdate=10 July 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908153740/http://www.ettoday.net/news/20120605/53184.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He scored a goal in the 1960 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/rome1960/matches/round=197076/match=32037/index.html |title=Italy - Taiwan 4:1 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=10 July 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908154654/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/rome1960/matches/round=197076/match=32037/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Mok also represented Hong Kong Chinese<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19590608-1.2.131|title=Hong Kong keep Cup|date=8 June 1959|access-date=8 September 2017|work=The Straits Times|via=Singapore National Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/nysp19590608-1.1.10|title=和和杯足球賽港華蟬聯三屆冠軍七比二擊敗馬華隊觀眾達一萬七千人|date=8 June 1959|access-date=9 September 2017|work=Nanyang Siang Pau|location=Singapore|via=Singapore National Library|language=Chinese}}</ref> in a non-FIFA recognized match against Malayan Chinese in 1959 Ho Ho Cup;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hoho.html|title=Ho Ho Cup and Por Yen Cup|date=5 June 2012|website=RSSSF|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> in 1957, Mok also represented Hong Kong League XI in Merdeka Tournament, a friendly tournament; the team was almost entirely composed of the players of Eastern Sports Club, which was playing friendlies in the Asia-Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1957B.html|title=Socceroo B Matches for 1957|access-date=19 December 2017|website=ozfootball.net|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170531/http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Socceroo/1957B.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Mok was the only player to fly directly from Hong Kong as a non-Eastern player. That representative team, was in fact composed for 9 Hong Kong footballers that chose to represent Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATWrCgAAQBAJ|script-title=zh:足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球|last={{lang|zh|李}}|first={{lang|zh|峻嶸}}|language=zh-hk|publisher=Joint Publishing|location=Hong Kong|date=2015|access-date=18 December 2017|isbn=9789620437823|page=72|via=Google Books preview|url-access=limited}}</ref> Mok was also selected to the 1961 edition as a member of Hong Kong League XI.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=zh:足總補選兩將赴默迪卡作賽|date=15 July 1961|page=12|work= Wah Kiu Yat Po|location=Hong Kong|language=zh-hk|via=Hong Kong Public Libraries}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''Republic of China''' *Asian Games Gold medal: 1954, 1958
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIFA player|289802}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/mok-chun-wah-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/mok-chun-wah-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mok Chun Wah}}
{{Formosa football squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mok, Chun Wah}} Category:1929 births Category:Living people Category:Hong Kong men's footballers Category:Taiwanese men's footballers Category:South China AA players Category:Hong Kong First Division League players Category:Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Category:Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Category:Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Category:Asian Games footballers for Chinese Taipei Category:Olympic footballers for Taiwan Category:Chinese Taipei men's international footballers Category:Chinese Taipei men's international footballers from Hong Kong Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Asian Games gold medalists in football