The former Lions team manager died on Oct 29 aged 81.
SINGAPORE – The Lions’ longest-serving manager Omar Ibrahim died on Oct 29. He was 81. He was diagnosed with fourth-stage pancreatic cancer and had been in palliative care since August.
Omar was also one of the most successful Lions managers across 18 years, as his teams won the Malaysian League and Malaysia Cup double in 1994, as well as the 1998 Asean Football Federation Championship which was Singapore’s first major international title. He left the football scene in 1988 to focus on his work as an assistant commissioner in the Ministry of the Environment, returned in 1992, and stepped down again in 1995 for a couple of years to spend more time with his family.
Omar’s involvement in local football started from the 1970s when he was a key official with the Singapore Malays Football Club, then taking part in the Malaysia-organised Sultan’s Gold Cup tournament. Omar told The New Paper then: “I never expected any pat on the back for doing this volunteer job, off and on, since 1983.
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