Fred Thomas (athlete)

Fred Thomas
Personal information
BornDecember 26, 1923 (1923-12-26)[1]
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedMay 20, 1981 (1981-05-21) (aged 57)[1]
Toronto, Ontario
Resting placeWindsor, Ontario
EducationAssumption College, BA 1949
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2]
Weight175 lb (79 kg)[2]
Baseball career
Outfielder
Bats: Left
Throws: Unknown
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2021
Sport
SportBasketball, Baseball, Football

Fred Thomas (December 26, 1923 – May 20, 1981) was a Canadian multi-sport professional athlete. He played on semi-professional or professional teams in basketball, baseball, and Canadian football. He was a standout on his college basketball team and is known as one of Canada's finest basketball players. A 2019 profile by TVOntario described Thomas as "the greatest Canadian athlete you've never heard of".[2] He would likely have been more well-known had blacks not been denied opportunities to compete in major professional sports leagues in the 1940s and 1950s.

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