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04 Jul 2026
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Dr. Rudy Gittens
Bio
Rudolph Ormsby Gittens, BSP, MD, CSPQ, FRCSC, FACS, FAASP... spoke English, French, Spanish... he was 21 years old when he moved to Saskatoon, SK in 1953... obtained pharmaceutical and medical degrees at the University of Saskatchewan... earned a fellowship in orthopaedics from the University of Ottawa... he was 80 years old when he passed away in Ottawa, ON on 18 September 2013...
honoured as a Canada Soccer Life Member... honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame... honoured by the Concacaf Hall of Fame... recipient of Canada Soccer’s President’s Award in 2006... recipient of Canada Soccer’s Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Service Award in 1999...
served as Canada team staff at one FIFA Confederations Cup Korea/Japan 2001… served as Canada team staff at four FIFA youth tournaments (U-20 at USSR 1985, Chile 1987, Malaysia 1997; U-17 at Japan 1993)…
Honours
Individual Awards
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2012Canada Soccer Life Member Life Member / membre à vie (†)
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2007CONCACAF Hall of Fame Honoured Builder / Bâtisseur honoré
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2007Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Honoured Builder / Bâtisseur honoré
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2006Canada Soccer President’s Award Recipient / Récipiendaire
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1999Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Award Recipient / Récipiendaire
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