Application for Song Junfu (Chin Foh Song), 1921

Item Information

Title:
Application for Song Junfu (Chin Foh Song), 1921
Description:
This is the application for admissions to Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College, for Song Junfu (宋君复), or Chin Foh Song. The application gives basic information such as height, birth and weight, education history, sport experience, religious beliefs, and other basic information about him.
Creator:
Springfield College
Creator:
Song, Chin Foh (Class of 1923)
Date:
June 3, 1921
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Student Files
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--International
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Song, Chin Foh (Class of 1923)
Forms (Documents)
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
2 Pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/20050
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
Song Junfu (宋君复), or Chin Foh Song , was born on March 9st, 1897 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. He was educated in private home schools and a local Baptist school until he went to Hangzhou Huilan Middle School (Wayland Academy) where he began to play soccer and basketball. In 1916, he came to America to study physics at Colby College (Maine) through a Chinese government program. Song came to Springfield College in the fall of 1921 to study physical education. After he left Springfield College in 1923, he went back to work for the Hangzhou Huilan Middle School. Song worked for several universities in China, including Shanghai Jianghu University, Shenyang Northeast University, Shandong University, Sichuan University, and Beijing Normal University. He not only contributed to scholarship in physical education and sport, with books like Sport Principle and Women Basketball Training, but also took interest in strengthening Chinese sport facilities. For instance, he designed the Qingdao Stadium in Qingdao, Shandong, China. Song assisted Changchun Liu, the first Chinese Olympic player, in 1932 summer Olympic in Los Angeles as a coach and mentor. For the 1936 Olympics he organized the first Chinese Olympic Men’s Basketball Team, coached the Track and Field Team, and was approved as an the International Basketball Referee. In 1948 London Olympics, Song coached the Chinese Men’s Basketball Team. Song passed away in Beijing in 1977.
Identifier:
song-chin-foh-application