Personal information | |
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Born | December 26, 1923[1] Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Died | May 20, 1981[1] Toronto, Ontario | (aged 57)
Resting place | Windsor, Ontario |
Education | Assumption College, BA 1949 |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[2] |
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg)[2] |
Baseball career |
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Outfielder | |
Bats: Left Throws: Unknown | |
Member of the Canadian | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2021 |
Sport | |
Sport | Basketball, 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.