Quah Kim Swee (died 18 July 2015) was a Singaporean football footballer who played as a striker.

Early life

Quah was the four

The fourth child of 11 siblings - six of whom played football for Singapore - he stayed close to his brothers and sisters and looked forward to Sunday gatherings and the occasional birthday parties.

Career

Quah played for the Singapore national football team.[1][2][3][4][5]

Personal life

Quah was the fourth child of 11 siblings.

Quah had three children and two granddaughters.[2]

In the 1990s, Quad had colon cancer in the 1990s and the cancer went into remission in 1998.[2]

In 2015, he was admitted to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and died due to liver failure on 18 July 2015.[2][3]

References

  1. "King of headers Kim Swee". tnp.sg.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Our dad, the family man". AsiaOne. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 Meng, Wang Meng (19 July 2015). "Football: Former Singapore striker Quah Kim Swee, part of famous Quah family, dead at 76". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. "100 years of Singapore soccer". Archived from the original on 24 August 2011.
  5. "FAS can't even get the right photo in tribute to late legend Quah Kim Swee". mothership.sg.
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