Lee Young-min was a South Korean versatile sportsman who played in football, baseball and athletics. His birthplace wasn't precisely known, but it is being assumed that Chilgok or Yecheon. When he became a student of Paichai High School, located in Keijō, he played as a athlete of his school in football, baseball and athletics. He won a high school competition of the GyeonginEkiden Championship and a high school division of the All Joseon Football Tournament with his team. Since 1927, his school Yonhi College participated in the senior divison of All Joseon Football Tournament, and he won the 1927 and 1928 tournament. In 1928, he won five titles at a All Joseon Athletics Games, and especially in the 400 m sprint, he set a new competition record. In the same year, he also hit the Korean first official home run in a baseball match against GyeongseongMedical College. In 1929, he became the only Korean in the baseball club of Chōsen Shokusan Bank by joining the club after his graduation, and started to play in the Chōsen Semi-professional Baseball League and the Intercity Baseball Tournament. Since 1930, he also participated as a footballer of Gyeongseong in the Kyung-Pyong Football Match, and played football during the same period. In 1933, he helped to found the Joseon Football Association, currently Korea Football Association. In the same year, he participated in the Intercity Tournament with Zenkeijō, the selction of Japanese Baseball players, living in Gyeongseong including Shokusan Bank players, and led his team to finish as runners-up. In November 1934, he was selected for the Japanese Baseball All-Star Team, and also played games against American All-Star Team who visited Japan. He took a picture with Babe Ruth at that time. In 1935, he won the Emperor's Cup, the Japanese FA Cup, with Kyungsung FC, taking on both roles, player and manager. He became the first manager who managed South Korea national football team at an international competition by participating in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He accomplished South Korean first ever victory in an international football competition against Mexico in the first round of the tournament. However, he spent promiscuous life and was unconcerned with his family. In August 1954, he was killed by his third son's friend.
