Fred Homburg (born February 4, 1962) is a former Dutch professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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. Homburg spent his entire pro career with his hometown

Nijmegen Tigers Nijmegen Tigers was a Dutch ice hockey club based in Nijmegen until 2003, when it was forced into bankruptcy. It has been succeeded by the Nijmegen Devils The Select4-u Devils Nijmegen is an ice hockey club in Nijmegen, Netherlands, they play ...

. He joined the senior first team of Nijmegen in 1978 as a 16-year-old and remained with the club to 2000.

International

He competed as a member of the Netherlands men's national ice hockey team at the

1981 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1981 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Sweden between 12 and 26 April 1981, with games being played in the arenas of Scandinavium in Gothenburg and Johanneshovs isstadion in Stockholm. Eight teams took part, first splitting into t ...

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* 1962 births Living people Dutch ice hockey defencemen Nijmegen Tigers players Sportspeople from Nijmegen {{Netherlands-icehockey-bio-stub