# Fred Hoos

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{{short description|Canadian field hockey player}}
'''Fred Hoos''' (8 December 1953 in [Maracaibo](/source/Maracaibo), [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela) – 25 December 1983)<ref name="Obit">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JXZkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=034NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6409,2700613&dq=fred+hoos+hockey+died&hl=en Fred Hoos' obituary]</ref> was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [field hockey](/source/field_hockey) player.

Fred Hoos was a member of the silver medal winning teams at the [1975](/source/1975_Pan_American_Games) and [1979 Pan American Games](/source/1979_Pan_American_Games) as well as of the gold medal winning team at the [1983 Pan American Games](/source/1983_Pan_American_Games).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-17|title=Fred Hoos Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/fred-hoos-1.html|access-date=2020-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/fred-hoos-1.html|archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> 
He also competed in the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/fred-hoos-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/fred-hoos-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=27 May 2012}}</ref>

Soon after winning the gold medal, Fred Hoos died from cancer at the age of 30.<ref name="Obit" />

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Canada FH Squad 1975 Pan American Games}}
{{Canada FH Squad 1979 Pan American Games}}
{{Canada FH Squad 1983 Pan American Games}}

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Category:1953 births
Category:1983 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Maracaibo
Category:Canadian men's field hockey players
Category:Olympic field hockey players for Canada
Category:Field hockey players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in field hockey
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in field hockey
Category:Field hockey players at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:Field hockey players at the 1979 Pan American Games
Category:Field hockey players at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games

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