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FREDERICK WHITE BORN 1930 – 13 AUGUST 2022 – ONE OF CEYLON’S BEST EVER SPORTSMEN – by Dennis de Rosayro It is with utmost sadness that I received the news today of the demise on the 13th August, of affectionately well known Freddie, my teammate at the Burgher R.C. from 1954, in Perth, Australia. Freddie made his debut as an 18 year old schoolboy from Kingswood College, Kandy versus the Indian Olympic Team in 1948. How does one describe Asia’s best Goalkeeper when India and Pakistan were the two top teams in World Hockey. In 1960 when Ceylon hosted Olympic Champions India for 2 Tests, the Indian team Manager, Dr. B.L. Gupta and 4 times Olympian and Captain, Leslie Claudius told the media, if Freddie was an Indian they would have taken him to Rome as their first choice Goalkeeper for the 1960 Olympics. His glittering career ended in 1967, captaining ...