Frederick Stambrook

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Dr. Frederick Stambrook (born November 16, 1929-2005 in Vienna, Austria died in Winnipeg, Canada) is a former president of the Manitoba Soccer Association and the Canadian Soccer Association.

In 1980 Stambrook was president of the Manitoba Soccer Association for six years. In 1986 Stambrook he became the 27th president of the Canadian Soccer Association and during his six years in this post contributed to the game in Canada and abroad. Fred was 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 Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. 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 of 2005, on April 2006 Stambrook was inducted as a Builder into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.