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Chia Boon Leong: The Homegrown Football Olympian

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Nicknamed “Twinkle Toes” for his agility, Chia Boon Leong (1925–2022) is widely regarded as one of Singapore‘s most talented football players. Academic and sports historian Nick Aplin talks about the footballer’s sporting achievements, his character and their friendship.

Dr Nick Aplin is Deputy Director (Sport Heritage) at Sport Singapore. He is the author of the Sport in Singapore series: The Colonial Legacy (2019), The Rocky Road to Kallang Park (2023) and Visions for Change (2023).

What Nick Talked About

02:04 – How Boon Leong got his nickname, Twinkle Toes

06:32 – How Boon Leong ended up in the Olympics playing for China

08:23 – Nick's meeting with Boon Leong, and their friendship

12:28 – Nick's research process and his start in writing about local athletes

15:58 – How Nick's first meeting with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam went

19:01 – Nick's book launch with the president as the guest of honour

22:31 – How chess and sport are similar

25:53 – What sport and history are to Nick

Read the transcript: biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/podcast/chia-boon-leong-homegrown-football-olympian/transcript/

Subscribe to BiblioAsia for more stories about Singapore.

This episode of BiblioAsia+ was hosted by Jimmy Yap and produced by Soh Gek Han. Sound engineering was done by One Dash. The background music "Di Tanjong Katong" was composed by Osman Ahmad and performed by Chords Haven. Special thanks to Nick for coming on the show.

BiblioAsia+ is a podcast about Singapore history by the National Library of Singapore.

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Nicknamed “Twinkle Toes” for his agility, Chia Boon Leong (1925–2022) is widely regarded as one of Singapore‘s most talented football players. Academic and sports historian Nick Aplin talks about the footballer’s sporting achievements, his character and their friendship.

Dr Nick Aplin is Deputy Director (Sport Heritage) at Sport Singapore. He is the author of the Sport in Singapore series: The Colonial Legacy (2019), The Rocky Road to Kallang Park (2023) and Visions for Change (2023).

What Nick Talked About

02:04 – How Boon Leong got his nickname, Twinkle Toes

06:32 – How Boon Leong ended up in the Olympics playing for China

08:23 – Nick's meeting with Boon Leong, and their friendship

12:28 – Nick's research process and his start in writing about local athletes

15:58 – How Nick's first meeting with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam went

19:01 – Nick's book launch with the president as the guest of honour

22:31 – How chess and sport are similar

25:53 – What sport and history are to Nick

Read the transcript: biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/podcast/chia-boon-leong-homegrown-football-olympian/transcript/

Subscribe to BiblioAsia for more stories about Singapore.

This episode of BiblioAsia+ was hosted by Jimmy Yap and produced by Soh Gek Han. Sound engineering was done by One Dash. The background music "Di Tanjong Katong" was composed by Osman Ahmad and performed by Chords Haven. Special thanks to Nick for coming on the show.

BiblioAsia+ is a podcast about Singapore history by the National Library of Singapore.

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