马约翰,乍听起来像个洋名,其实他是地道的福建厦门人,中国第一位体育教授。马约翰,1882年10月10日出生在厦门鼓浪屿漳州路58号一户基督教家庭。3岁丧母,7岁丧父,他和哥哥保罗过着孤苦伶仃的生活,靠亲友和基督教会的接济,兄弟俩勉强度日。1900年,他和哥哥保罗被送到上海基督教青年会办的明强中学读书,两年后考入圣约翰大学 Ma Yuehan, at first glance sounds like a foreign name, in fact, he is an authentic Fujian Xiamen, China’s first sports professor. Ma Yuehan, born on October 10, 1882 in Xiamen, Zhangzhou Road, Gulangyu 58, a Christian family. 3-year-old mother lost his mother, 7-year-old lost his father, he and his brother Paul lived a lonely life, dependent on the friends and relatives of the Christian Church, the brothers barely survive. In 1900, he and his brother Paul were sent to Mingqiang Middle School, Shanghai YMCA, and two years later admitted to St. John’s University