Loo Hor-kuay
Loo, c. 1968
Personal information
Born(1934-08-20)20 August 1934
Dongguan, Guangdong Province
Died10 October 2009(2009-10-10) (aged 75)
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
NationalityChinese
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolPui Ching Middle School (Hong Kong)
CollegeNational Taiwan University
PositionCenter
Number14
Loo Hor-kuay
Traditional Chinese盧荷渠
Simplified Chinese卢荷渠

Loo Hor-kuay (Chinese: 盧荷渠; pinyin: Lú Héqú; 20 August 1934 – 10 October 2009), also known as George Hughko Lo, was a basketball player who played as a center.[1]

Biography

Born in Dongguan in central Guangdong province, China, he was the son of a wealthy land owner, Lo Kok Man (盧覺民; Lú Juémín). He attended Pui Ching Middle School (Guangzhou) in 1948 and moved to Hong Kong in 1950 where he went to Pui Ching Middle School (Hong Kong). There he helped reorganize the Iron Spear basketball team (鐵矛籃球隊; Tiě Máo Lánqiú Duì) and began to hone his skills as a basketball player. During the Korean War, the United States Seventh Fleet visited Hong Kong, and the Iron Spears were invited to play in their friendship basketball league.[2] The Iron Spears would eventually take on the name Red and Blue (紅藍隊; Hóng Lán Duì).[3] In 1952, the Red and Blue participated in the Hong Kong Basketball League's Six Finals invitational (六強邀請賽; Liù qiáng yāoqǐngsài) where Loo scored a career-high 46 points in a 92–46 victory against the Shun Lian (順聯隊; Shùn liánduì).[4][5]

Graduating high school in 1953, he went to play for Hong Kong's Team Self Reliance (自力隊; Zìlì Duì) and gained international recognition with his left hook shot while playing at South China AA Stadium.[2] Two original Iron Spears players were selected for the national team; Loo representing Hong Kong and He Guowei (何國偉; Hé Guówěi) representing mainland China. Due to the political situation at the time, the National Olympic Committee selected Taiwan to represent China, and as a result, only Loo was selected to compete as part of the Republic of China's squad at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2][6] Coached by Bud Schaeffer, they finished with a record of 5-3 and placed 11th overall in basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[7][8][9] He continued his studies at National Taiwan University as an overseas Chinese student (僑生; qiáoshēng). Loo turned down Yi Kuo-juei's (易國瑞; Yì Guóruì) offer to play at the 1960 ABC Championship to focus on his academics, and graduated in 1961 from the National Taiwan University's Department of Mechanical Engineering.[10][11] At the 1962 Asian Games he represented Hong Kong.[12]

Loo died on 10 October 2009.[13] On 4 December 2009, during the 120th anniversary of the Pui Ching Middle School (Guangzhou), the Red and Blue played on their home basketball court in the Loo Hor-Kuay Memorial Cup in his honor.[3]

Loo Hor-Kuay featured in team photo with Hong Kong's Self Reliance circa 1956
Loo Hor-kuay (#14) beats flying interception by Inge Friedenfelds (AUS.) at the 1956 Summer Olympics[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Loo Hor-kuay". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "The glorious history of the Iron Spears basketball team by Ren Weiling (Class of 1953)". Puiching. 21 December 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Luhequ Memorial Cup held in Dongshan Peizheng Primary School" (PDF). Puiching. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ↑ 葉深銘 (1 November 2019). 正軌道兮樹風聲：培正中學建校一百三十年史 (in Chinese). 三聯書店(香港)有限公司. ISBN 978-962-04-4567-5.
  5. ↑ 道客巴巴. "侧面与正面". www.doc88.com. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Loo Hor-Kuay Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Basketball Tournament 1956 (National Squads)". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Remembering Bud Schaeffer (Sports Ambassadors)". One Challenge. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Men's Olympics - 1956 Standings and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Taiwan Basketball Hall of Fame". Facebook. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Loo Hor-kuay" (PDF). Puiching. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "參加印尼亞運籃球大賽港選出二十名選手經嚴格集訓後另產生十人正選吳乙安潘克廉丘振賢盧荷渠等入選". Nanyang Shangbao (in Chinese). 5 July 1962. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "George Lo Obituary". Tributes. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Inga Freidenfelds | Basketball Australia". australia.basketball. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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