In memory
of our dear friend, never to be forgotten, this page is dedicated to you.
On behalf
of all of us, you are missed and always will be.
Johnny
19 March 2011
Dearest Football
Heroes,
With the
sad loss of my beloved father, Freddie Fox (May His Dear Soul Rest In Peace), I am compelled to communicate our family's gratitude
to you all.
Each one
of you constituted a rock for my Dad. Your unshakable love, your loyalty and your family connection to Freddie breathed life
into his soul. You all gave Freddie the gift of life and the will and drive to live on. He absolutely adored you all and cherished
you as his soul family.
Our daily
conversations were filled with Freddie's enthusiastic accounts of who passed him the ball, who played a skillful game, who
put Maradona to shame, who had the latest love scuffle; which goalie let him score a goal, which defender let him dribble
on, and who carried him off the pitch. You see, Freddie was inspired by you boys. And some how, he felt that by living on
as a true legend and fighting for life until his very last breath, that he would inspire you all to do the same.
I feel its
also important to convey that all Dad ever really wanted was for 'everyone' to be, and feel, connected – both on, and
off, the pitch. Well, that was his prayer anyway.
Thank you
to all of you for your unconditional support and love through this difficult time. Its impossible for me to thank you enough.
Please know that it meant the world over to our Living Legend, Superstar, Freddie Fox - and to Krysia and I.
I have received
from you all a very very generous financial offering of support for helping with the cost of the funeral and surrounding circumstances.
I have tried very hard to reject this inconceivable gesture, however, the force of your sincere and genuine giving hearts
was too strong. There is no way that I can express enough gratitude to you all for this, and for all that you have done. You
make me feel very humble and proud that my Dad was so lucky to win an unbreakable soul family like you all.
Your generous
bonds of friendship and family will live on forever, just as our beloved Freddie will live on forever, in our hearts.
The loss
is still so very recent and surreal for me, so please forgive my very poor ability to communicate effectively and as thoughtfully
as I would have liked to.
With great
love, respect and honour,
Freddie's
Son,
Adam
P.S. I am
contactable any time at findadamfox@gmail.com
And this from Gustavo in Brasil and Glenn Osborne from SBS.
Hello John,
I'm really sorry about Freddie. I must to confess that I spent some time reading your e-mail and trying to understand
"other thing". Unfortunately it's true. I'm quite in shock right now. He was a nice person to me, very kind one.
He
keeps being an inspiration to me!
John, even though Freddie passed away, I like to think and imagine how was our matches
when left Melbourne. I like to think you guys playing every saturday
and I want to think that this saturday Freddie was there. For me John, Freddie is still alive in my memorie like you, Richie,
Johnny, Vadim, Gus, Chris, Amir, etc. I really love to wake up every saturday and remind my routine going to Albert Park.
But then I realise that the match has already been played.
I like to keep up with this memories and Freddie
will be always there, every saturday.
Be well my friend. He is in a great place now. I'm sure!
A big hug,
Gus
...........................................
Hi John,
I'm very sad
to hear that. My condolences to all of you.
It's great that
he was able to keep playing as long as he did though, I'm sure he got a lot of joy out of it.
Best of luck
to you all.
Cheers.
Glenn.
Glenn Osborne
Reporter
- SBS Sport
glenn.osborne@sbs.com.au
Official Broadcaster
FIFA World
Cup, Brazil, 2014
UEFA Champions
League
UEFA Europa
League
2011 Tour de
France
...and this
too, from SBS' Nick Christou in Sydney
So sorry to
hear the sad news John. Thanks for keeping in touch. From all of us here at The World Game, best wishes to you and all that
were touched by Freddy and his courage
Cheers,
Nick
Nick Christou
SBS
Television - Sport
Producer
The World Game
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M:
Email: nick.christou@sbs.com.au
Official Broadcaster:
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa
League
Tour Down Under
Le Tour de France
2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™
All other wishes
were in our Guestbook, now no longer.
Thank you to ALL for your pre match
minute silence, and to Jamie (Canada),
who made the trip with 2 little kids to pay his respects.
All of you were the reason Freddie was inspired to play up until Saturday the 26th of February '11, just before his re-admission into The Alfred, but it
is us that have been touched by his endearing spirit.
He has set us the highest of benchmarks.
And remember, it
may once have been about the game, but it has always been about us. A family, his family, your family.
Keep it beautiful,
and respect his memory.
Johnny
Rest in Peace dear
friend.
29 November 1936 - 17
March 2011
