Thomas Cup teams among new inductees into OCM Hall of Fame


First singles player Rashid Sidek with the 1992 Thomas Cup which Malaysia won after defeating Indonesia 3-2 in the final at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia last won the Cup in 1967. Date : 16.05.1992

KUALA LUMPUR: Four Thomas Cup winning teams – 1952, 1955, 1967 and 1992 – have been inducted into the Olympic Council of Malaysia’s (OCM) Hall of Fame.

Among the 25 inductees from the four teams were the late Wong Peng Soon, the late Eddy Choong, Tan Yee Khan, Ng Boon Bee, Foo Kok Keong, Cheah Soon Kit and the Sidek brothers – Razif, Jalani, Rashid and Rahman.

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