George "Teddy" Pakos was born on August 14,1952 and is a Canadian former soccer player who played as a second striker.
11 Facts About George Pakos
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George Pakos's goals were crucial in the Canada national team qualifying for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
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George Pakos later played for Victoria's London Boxing Club and won Canada Soccer's The Challenge Trophy in 1975.
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George Pakos began work at the same time as a water-meter technician for the city of Victoria, a job he continued for over 25 years.
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George Pakos did play briefly professionally in the Western Soccer Alliance in 1985 with the Victoria Riptides and in the Canadian Soccer League with the Victoria Vistas in 1989.
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George Pakos played for Bearpark in two Olympic qualifying matches in 1983 against Bermuda, scoring once in each game.
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George Pakos was however left off the team that reached the quarterfinals of the Olympics.
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The midfielder George Pakos scored five times in 23 'A' internationals, all of which he earned from age 31 on.
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In 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification as a 33-year-old who had been cut from the team after the first round of qualifying, George Pakos was recalled and scored the lone goal in a vital away win at Honduras.
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George Pakos came on for the last 21 minutes of Canada's third match in the finals versus the Soviet Union in his final full international appearance.
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In 2001, George Pakos was inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.