First to represent Sabah at the Singapore Games dies
Published on: Saturday, June 04, 1977
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Voo Fah’s career as a sportsman began in 1948 when he together with Johnny Goh was the first man to represent Sabah (then North Borneo) at the Singapore Games.
He was North Borneo top runner in the 100 and 200 yards sprint.
He joined the Railway department in 1950 and together with the popular Mr. Letox, they turned Railway into a top team in Kota Kinabalu (formerly Jesselton).
In the 1960’s he took over the captaincy of Railway and the team became unbeatable over a number of years.
In the popular Hone Cup series played between the new and old capital cities, Jesselton and Sandakan, Voo Fah, by then known as the “Iron Centre-half” captained the Kota Kinabalu side and brought back the much coveted Hone Cup many times.
His soccer career in fact spanned over a period of at least 20 year and his service to Sabah, Kota Kinabalu Railway, in particular, was immeasurable.
This service culminated in his captaincy of Sabah team when he helped to win the Borneo Cup in Kuching 1961 and on hand to receive Vu Chun Fah and his team’s glorious return was the late Tun Fuad Stephens who was then the president of Sabah Football Association.
Vu Fah’s playing colleagues included such notable people as Tuan Haji Matnor Mansor (present Minister of Finance), Encik Yassin of Police Force, Encik Lidi Yussof of Pejabat Pos, Encik Danny Wong of Railway and many others.
The late Vu Chun Fah only retired from soccer in 1969.
Touching on his soccer service to Sabah does bring back a lot a few great moments in Sabah.
His is gone but not forgotten: May be rest in peace.
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