Heah Hock Aun, (Chinese: 連福安; 15 January 1932-7 May 2014) is a former Malayan (Malaysian) badminton player, known for his accuracy and touch, who excelled internationally during the 1950s.
Heah was born on 15 January 1932, in Penang, British Malaya. He was the son of Heah Joo Seang, a well-known rubber magnate, philanthropist and politician in Malaya.[1]
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Known as Johnny Heah while playing in Europe, he won men's singles at the Scottish Open in 1952, and was runner-up in men's singles to the celebrated Eddy Choong at the prestigious All-England Championships in 1953.[2] His most notable badminton achievement was winning men's doubles at the 1957 All-England's with American Joe Alston, beating Eddy Choong and his brother David.[3] Heah represented Malaya in the 1958 Thomas Cup (world team championship) Challenge Round, splitting his two doubles matches in Malaya's loss of the cup to Indonesia.[4]
heah, hock, chinese, 連福安, january, 1932, 2014, former, malayan, malaysian, badminton, player, known, accuracy, touch, excelled, internationally, during, 1950s, 连福安personal, informationfull, namejohnny, countrymalaysiaborn, 1932, january, 1932penang, british, m. Heah Hock Aun Chinese 連福安 15 January 1932 7 May 2014 is a former Malayan Malaysian badminton player known for his accuracy and touch who excelled internationally during the 1950s Heah Hock Aun连福安Personal informationFull nameJohnny Heah Hock AunCountryMalaysiaBorn 1932 01 15 15 January 1932Penang British MalayaDied7 May 2014 2014 05 07 aged 82 EventMen s singles amp Men s doublesMedal record Men s badminton Representing Malaya Thomas Cup 1958 Singapore Men s team Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEarly life editHeah was born on 15 January 1932 in Penang British Malaya He was the son of Heah Joo Seang a well known rubber magnate philanthropist and politician in Malaya 1 Career editKnown as Johnny Heah while playing in Europe he won men s singles at the Scottish Open in 1952 and was runner up in men s singles to the celebrated Eddy Choong at the prestigious All England Championships in 1953 2 His most notable badminton achievement was winning men s doubles at the 1957 All England s with American Joe Alston beating Eddy Choong and his brother David 3 Heah represented Malaya in the 1958 Thomas Cup world team championship Challenge Round splitting his two doubles matches in Malaya s loss of the cup to Indonesia 4 Personal life editHeah married Amy Choong cousin of the famous Malayan badminton players David E L Choong and Eddy Choong in 1955 5 References edit Amy Heah Admitted to Colony Bar The Straits Times 31 May 1958 Herbert Scheele ed The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 Canterbury Kent England J A Jennings Ltd 1967 166 262 Scheele 168 Scheele 78 Penang Badminton Couple Wed The Straits Times 18 July 1955 nbsp This biographical article relating to Malaysian badminton is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heah Hock Aun amp oldid 1210258322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
