Frederick George Stambrook (November 16, 1929 – July 15, 2005) was a president of the Manitoba Soccer Association and the

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. He moved to

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as a refugee at the age of nine where he lived and studied, achieving a B.A. Honours from

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and a PHD from the

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. Later he moved to

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and then to

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, where he became involved in his son's soccer program at the Crescentwood Community Centre, leading to his founding of the Manitoba Minor Soccer Association. He moved on to become president of the Canadian Youth Soccer Association and in 1980 president of the Manitoba Soccer Association. In 1986, he became the 27th president of the

and during his six years in this post contributed to the game in Canada and abroad. He was the Host-President of the FIFA U-17 World Tournament in Toronto in 1987, an active proponent of women's soccer and helped found the national women's team. He served on the FIFA Appeals Committee at the Los Angeles Olympics and the 1994 World Cup. He was made a Life Member of the CSA, and was inducted into the Manitoba Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the

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. He gave over three decades of service to soccer and at the same time, to his University, where he was a popular professor of history. He died on July 15, 2005, and in April 2006 he was inducted as a Builder into the

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References

External links

Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stambrook, Frederick 1929 births 2005 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford Alumni of the London School of Economics Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom Sportspeople from Winnipeg Jewish Canadian sportspeople Canadian people of Austrian-Jewish descent Soccer people from Manitoba Canadian sports builders English emigrants to Canada Canada Soccer Hall of Fame inductees Presidents of the Canadian Soccer Association