M'sian hockey legend Lawrence Van Huizen dies at 89


KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia lost hockey legend Lawrence Joseph Van Huizen (pic) after the former Olympian and ex-national coach died at the Seremban Hospital at 4.30am Saturday (Aug 17). He was 89.

Lawrence, who played hockey for Malaysia in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games in Tokyo and Jakarta, respectively, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, leaves behind wife Doreen Philomina Van Huizen alias Koh Kim Bee.

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