1On August 3rd, 976, the then Global Football magazine of the Federal Republic of Germany organized a competition of the world's top footballers, and Li Huitang was named "the world's top five footballers" together with Pele of Brazil, Matthews of Britain, Stifano of Argentina and Puskas of Hungary. At that time, there was a saying: "It depends on Mei Lanfang to watch the play and Li Huitang to watch the ball."

Li Huitang was born in a merchant family. His father, Li Haoru, was the founder of the Hong Kong construction giant Liansheng Building Materials Company in the early 20th century, ranking third among the brothers. My mother's name is Chen Qiongsheng, and she is from Xiangshan (now Zhongshan City) in Guangdong Province. She was educated very strictly since she was a child.

19 12 years, 6-year-old Li Huitang was sent by his parents to Xikeng Township, Meixian County, Guangdong Province (now Wuhua County, Meizhou City) for basic education, where he taught himself football skills and walked with the ball on his way to and from school every day, which not only honed his will, but also improved his dribbling skills.

19 17 years, 12-year-old Li Huitang was taken back to Hongkong by his parents. In the same year, he was admitted to Ren Huang College, where football was popular, with excellent results, and received secondary education. His brain is very clever. He can not only speak fluently in English, but also write poems in Chinese.

In his spare time, he continued to participate in regular school football training and teacher-student competitions, ranking first among his classmates. His playing skills far surpass those of some young teachers. Because there are many businesses at home, he only went to technical secondary school for two years. /kloc-dropped out of school at the age of 0/4 and went home to help his father manage his business.

1922, south china athletic association hosted the "Summer Camp Cup" football match, and Li Huitang signed up for the football team of the Scout Club in Tai Hang Village. As a striker, he showed his football skills in the game and won the first place in the game.

After fierce competition, he finally led the boy scout club football team to victory and was praised as a "football prodigy" by the audience and the media.

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In the 1920s and 1930s, the football level in China was among the best in the world. The weak situation has not stopped the development of all walks of life. /kloc-At the age of 0/7, Li Huitang joined the most famous football team in Hong Kong at that time-South China Team.

Li Huitang was studying in imperial academy, when he was already sharp-edged. Those tall and well-trained English football players besieged him, and all of them were swayed from side to side and shot at the goal. Since the first football match in Osaka, Li Huitang has led the team to win the championship many times.

1925, Li Huitang couldn't stand the insults of foreigners "the sick man of East Asia" and was determined to help the people of China wash away their shame. So I came to the mainland to play football. After that, Li Huitang was in full swing and won the Western Union League, the first Senior Cup and China United League. In the face of the mighty Asian team, the Philippines also easily ended its winning streak.

At that time, old China was in ruins, but there were many masters from all walks of life. There was a saying that described Li Huitang's contribution to the football cause: watching the play depends on Mei Lanfang and watching the ball depends on Li Huitang, which is evident.

Since then, Li Huitang has won glory for its country in national competitions for many times, except for several defeats in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. The rest is Nanyang 1939' s easy victory, 1 1:0.

After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Hong Kong fell. Li Huitang can't stand conquered people. So I went to Macau to play football and organized many charity competitions to raise money. Support anti-Japanese and national salvation. After that, he retired as a coach and 1954 was elected secretary-general of the AFC.

His life is legendary, scoring 1860 goals all his life. Won more than 50 honorary titles and more than 20 medals/kloc-0. I used to kick the net and shovel across the ground.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Huitang

People's Network-During the Republic of China, football was very popular.