Ho Koh Chye

Dato Ho Koh Chye (5 November 1942 – 3 December 2008) was a Malaysian Olympic field hockey goalie. Once ranked the finest goalie in the world. His name is etched in the Malaysian Hall Of Fame for posterity.

Dato Ho represented the Malaysian hockey team in the Jakarta Asian Games in 1962, in Tokyo during the 1964 Olympics, Bangkok Asian Games in 1966 and was the hockey team captain at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.

Dato Ho also coached the Malaysian squad to a fourth placing in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, the national hockey team’s best-ever result to date.

His last post before retiring in 1992 was International Preparation Division director. He had also served as the deputy contingent head to the Asian Games in Hiroshima in 1994. Dato Ho was Malaysian Chef-de-Mission to the Beijing Olympics in August 2008.

Dato Ho died on 3 December 2008.