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First proposed in 1974 by the then Minister of Sports, Hamzah Abu Samah. The main role of the Hall of Fame is to dipict the highlights of the progress of Sports in Malaysia.
Annie Choong was born on 20th February 1934 and was a former national athlete who is now 83 years old. She was the first and only female athlete when Malaya made its Olympic debut in the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956, taking part in the 100m sprint, recording a time of 12.5 sec in her heat.
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Mr. Hector Conrad Talalla and Mr. Ng Joo Poong are the last two surviving members of the seven men cycling team that won gold medals in the 1,600m Team Time Trial and the 4,000m Team Pursuit at the Asian Cyling Championships held at Merdeka Stadium on 7th June 1963.
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Y.Bhg. Dato’ Dr. Amarjit Singh was born on 15th November 1949 and was a most successful Captain of Malaysia to date. He did his Medical studies in India where he honed his skills in Cricket. On his return to Malaysia, he was first posted to Penang where he found himself captaining the team.
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He started his cricket profession by played for the English College, Johor Bharu from 1963 to 1966. At the of tender age of 16, he became the youngest player to represent Johor in Senior Malaysian Cricket League. He captained his Medical College XI and represented Ranchi Universiti and Dhanbad District while studying medicine in India.
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Y. Bhg. Datuk P. Krishnasamy graduated as a Quantity Surveyor from Curtain University, Perth, Western Australia. He began his professional career working for a Developer in 1976 before leaving to form his own Profession Project Management Firm.
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Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong was born in 1937. He was a former Malacca MCA leader and state executive council member. As an athlete, he won the Mr. Universe, Mr. Asia, Mr. Malaysia & Mr. Melaka titles. He won the Mr. Asia title in 1956 at Jakarta and Honorary Mr. Universe title in 2000.
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The late M.C. Kailasapathy was born in Malacca in a family of Cricketers. Three of his brothers played cricket for the state of Malacca. He first represented Malaya in 1947. Known primaly for his vicious leg spin, he designed the use of the googly.
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Mr. Ng Joo Poong and Mr. Hector are the last two surviving members of the seven men cycling team that won gold medals in the 1,600m Team Time Trial and the 4,000m Team Pursuit at the Asian Cyling Championships held at Merdeka Stadium on 7th June 1963. They were the first Malaysian Track Cycling team to win gold medasl when they were only 16 years old schoolboys.
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Mr. Omar Bin Saad was born on October 1949 and was a member of the National Cycling Team that competed in the individual Road Race and 100km Team Time Trial events at the 1972 Olympic Games Munich.
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