1. Qian Weichang: He was the main striker of Tsinghua school team and was selected as the national football team.
Qian Weichang, the father of modern mechanics, is a famous "super fan" in the scientific field. Selected for the national team, founded a college football match, and sponsored women's football players. His love for football runs through his life.
193 1 year, 18-year-old Qian Weichang was admitted to Tsinghua University. He is a thin man with a height of only 1.49 meters. He is "the first student whose height is not up to standard in the history of Tsinghua". Learn from Ma Yuehan, a sportsman and educator, and actively exercise. Qian Weichang loves football very much. He used to be the main left striker of the school football team, famous for his flexible body, fast speed and good footwork. Tsinghua University Football Team was also a strong football team in North China at that time. 1937 was selected for the Chinese national football team and participated in the Far East Games held in the Philippines. In his later years, he was quite complacent and recalled: "In that game, I scored a goal and wore the crotch of the opposing goalkeeper."
Tsinghua Football Team (network map)
With the increase of age and scientific research tasks, Qian Weichang's chances of playing football have decreased. But his love for football has not diminished. In the 1980 s, he asked his secretary to buy tickets for him and go straight to the stadium to watch the ball. Later, when it was inconvenient to travel, I watched TV. Qian Lao, who is eighty or ninety years old, never needs a secretary to remind him. He will get up in the middle of the night and stay up late to watch the ball.
In 2002, when Qian was 90 years old, the Sports Center of Shanghai University was completed. The 90-year-old university president personally and creatively held the "Qian Weichang Cup" Shanghai University Football Invitational Tournament, funded the creation of the "Qian Weichang" trophy, and drew up the rules and regulations of the competition. Qian Lao also invited Shanghai women's football team to settle in Shanghai University, and subsidized the visiting women's football team with insufficient accommodation standards.
2. Wang: Football practice makes him healthy and live longer.
1925, Wang was admitted to Tsinghua University. At that time, Tsinghua University attached great importance to students' physique. The school stipulates that all students must take part in physical exercise after 4 pm every day. Wang likes playing football as well as swimming. Several years' college career has helped Wang build a strong body. In 1930s, when studying abroad and doing nuclear physics experiments, Wang was often exposed to radioactive harmful gas-radon. His teacher, Madame Curie, and his daughter's family both died young because of the harm caused by radon absorption and radiation. However, due to his good health during college, Wang held his breath for a long time in swimming training and lived to be in his 90 s.
3. Mao Yisheng: Nicknamed "shooter"
Mao Yisheng, a pioneer of modern bridge in China, died at the age of 95. He is physically strong and quick-thinking, and at the age of 84, he can miraculously recite the decimal number of pi 100. He repeatedly stressed that "I love sports because it gives me rich wisdom and energy, and the success of science requires people to pay a huge mental and physical price for it."
As a teenager, Mao Yisheng took an active part in morning running, playing basketball and other fitness activities, and football was his favorite. His classmates nicknamed him "shooter". It is the lifelong fitness exercise that enables him to devote himself to scientific research with abundant energy and enjoy a long life. As he said, "we must lay a good foundation in all our work, especially from an early age." The foundation of fitness is the foundation of foundation. "
Yang Zhenning: Deng Jiaxian and I used to be good partners on the football field.
Yang Zhenning and Deng Jiaxian
Yang Zhenning's father Yang Wuzhi is a famous mathematician and educator. When he was young, Yang Wuzhi made progress in his studies and was in good health. Every day after class, he plays football until he sweats. After dinner, he devoted himself to his study in the evening. Father's hobby also influenced the teenager Yang Zhenning. In Chongde Middle School (now Beijing No.31 Middle School), Yang Zhenning was named as a "deep card" because of his cleverness and quick thinking, and Deng Jiaxian, who was inseparable from him, was nicknamed "Deng Laohan" because of his loyalty to others. Not only do two people like reading books and discussing problems together, but they are often good partners on the football field. Especially on weekends, they have to kick out a few smelly sweats before they want to go home for dinner. This friendship with good partners at school and on the court has lasted for more than half a century. Now, Yang Zhenning, who is over 90 years old, is still hale and hearty, doing academic research, writing, giving lectures and traveling. ...
In addition to the above four, there are many football fans in the scientific community in China. For example, Su, a math master who is good at gatekeeper, Qian Sanqiang, who often participated in competitions on behalf of his department during his school days, Shi, who participated in the football team of international students in the United States, and so on. In their eyes, football is not only a tool to strengthen the body, but also a good helper to temper the will and enrich life. As Qian Weichang said: "... (it) is a part of life and can give people a strong will. Only when a person has a complete life will he study hard and innovate hard, and he will have the energy to achieve his goals. "