Dr. Tom Fried

Tamas Fried... he moved to Canada on 4 January 1957, first living in North Sydney, NS before moving to Toronto a year later... he was 81 years old when he passed away in Toronto, ON on 21 December 2006... obtained certification in sport medicine at the Sport Institute of Budapest... worked at the Downsview rehabilitation centre in Toronto for the Workmen’s Compensation Board... author of the book, “Secrets of the Doctor of the Golden Team”...

honoured as a Canada Soccer Life Member... posthumously honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame (one of the first 11 non-players honoured as part of The Soccer Hall of Fame’s inaugural Class of 2000)... recipient of Canada Soccer’s Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Service Award in 1987...

served as Canada team staff at the FIFA Futsal World Cup Netherlands 1989… served as Canada team staff at one FIFA youth tournament (U-17 at Canada 1987)…

attended Canada Soccer’s 1978 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Football Development Seminar in Victoria, BC (medical committee)...

wrote Colin Jose in 1976, Fried was “one of the most highly respected doctors in the field of sports medicine”... wrote Dr. Fred Stambrook in 1987, Fried’s “familiar figure, easygoing manner, ever present smile and considerable expertise have graced the dressing rooms of Canadian teams around the world including the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and the 1986 World Cup in Mexico all the more remarkable”... wrote Dick Howard in 2001, “it was Fried’s knowledge of the game, his reputation, and wealth of experience that soon led to offers to work in the (Canadian) national programme”... wrote Catherine Dunphy in 2007, “Fried was an old-fashioned doctor who ministered in a comfortable cardigan and he seemed to have all the time in the world for each patient”...