Pang Siang Hock

Pang Siang Hock
Personal information
Position Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950s–1960s Penang FA
1962 Butterworth Chinese
International career
1954 Singapore 2 (2)
1956–1958 Malaya 4+ (3+)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pang Siang Hock is a former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Penang FA, and represented both the Singapore and Malaya national teams.

Club career

In April 1959, Pang scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Melacca, to secure Penang the Malayan Chinese FA Cup.[2] On 1 August 1959, he was suspended by the Football Association of Malaya for two years, after injuring a player in a match against Perak in the Malaya Cup, before inciting his team to walk off the pitch.[3]

He made his return to football in 1962, in a friendly match against Singapore Joint Services on 23 January. However, he was suspended by the federation again on 4 March 1962, this time for three years, after being sent off in a regional match between Butterworth Chinese and Indian Youngsters in Province Wellesley following an on-field fight.[4] However, in September 1963, he was recalled to Penang for the 1963 Malaya Cup final,[5] where he scored in the 24th minute to make it 2–2, although Penang would lose 6–2 to Selangor.[6]

In 2020, Pang was one of six former Penang players who's mural was painted outside of the club's stadium.[7]

International career

In 1954, Pang represented the Singapore national team at the 1954 Asian Games, scoring twice in a 6–2 defeat to Pakistan.[8]

In 1956, he was called up to the Malaya national team for AFC Asian Cup qualification,[1] where he scored twice against Cambodia and once against South Vietnam.[9] The following year, he played for Malaya at the 1957 Merdeka Tournament.[10] However, following the tournament, the Football Association of Malaya suspended him from the national team for a year, after he wasn't co-operative during the tournament,[11] before returning to the national team for a match against South Korea in October 1958, after Rahim Omar was suspended for three months by the Football Association of Selangor.[12]

Personal life

His older brother,[5] Pang Siang Teik, was also a footballer, who was also suspended from football for a year in August 1959,[3] and later reduced to five months after an appeal.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Asian Cup 1956 - Squads" (PDF). RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "SIANG HOCK'S 3 GOALS MAKE PENANG THE MCFA CHAMPIONS". The Straits Times. 12 April 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 Nayagam, Vic (15 August 1959). "PANGS SUSPENDED—SIANG HOCK FOR TWO YEARS". The Straits Times. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Siang Hock suspended again—for 3 years". The Straits Times. 15 March 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Penang selectors recall Siang Hock to bolster attack in Cup Final". The Straits Times. 26 September 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (10 January 2019). "Malaysia 1963". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Nambiar, Predeep (23 December 2020). "Penang's legends 'return' to City Stadium". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Garin, Erik; Herfiyana, Novan; Morrison, Neil (2 October 2014). "Asian Games 1954". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2017). "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Seng, Alan Teh Leam (14 January 2019). "Hope Floats For Stalled Merdeka Tournament | New Straits Times". New Straits Times. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "FAM bans player". The Straits Times. 11 October 1957. p. 16. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Siang Hock recalled". The Straits Times. 1 October 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Leave difficulty, injuries cause FAM to call off Japan tour". The Straits Times. 27 September 1959. p. 24. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
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