Lim Yong Liang MBE (1 December 1900[1] - 29 October 1982) was a Singaporean football manager and footballer.
Lim started playing football while studying at St. Joseph's Institution.[2] While studying, Lim started playing for White Star XI in 1919.[2][3] In 1920, Lim Kee Cheok, one of the founders of the Straits Chinese Football Association (SCFA), spotted him and Lim joined his club.[2] He became a regular player for SCFA and then captained the team.[2]
In 1924, Lim captained the Batavia team which won the Java Football Championship held in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (present day Jakarta, Indonesia).[2]
Lim played as a striker.[4][5][6]
Lim retired from football at the end of the 1934 football season.[2]
In 1922, Lim was selected to the Singapore national team playing in the Malaya Cup and represented Singapore for six editions (1923, 1925 to 1929) of the Cup.[3] The team reached the finals in all six editions.[3]
From 1933 to 1940, Lim coached the Chinese teams in Singapore. He also coached the Singapore team for the Malaya Cup from 1936 till 1942 when the Japanese invaded Singapore.[2]
Lim managed the Singapore national football team.[7][8][9][10]
From 1945 to 1965, Lim was the secretary of the Singapore Amateur Football Association.[1]