KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — National football legend Syed Ahmad Syed Abu Bakar died at the Kangar Hospital in Perlis this afternoon after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. He...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — National football legend Syed Ahmad Syed Abu Bakar died at the Kangar Hospital in Perlis this afternoon after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 76.
Syed Ahmad’s son, Syed Abu Bakar Syed Ahmad, 40, said his father’s health condition had deteriorated recently. He scored five goals en route to helping coaches Dave McLaren and Jalil Che Din’s charges beat South Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan in the qualifiers in Seoul in 1971 but Syed Ahmad, unfortunately, was dropped from the squad to Munich.
Syed Ahmad will always be remembered for the goal he scored in the pre-Olympic qualifiers in 1971 when he steered home a perfect cross from Looi Loon Teik in the 56th minute to help Malaysia beat South Korea. His heroics came just two days after he had struck a hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Japan, the 1968 Olympic bronze medallists.
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