Ken Friar

Kenneth John Friar OBE (an haife shi a ranar 13 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1934) tsohon memba ne na kwamitin, manajan darakta kuma sakataren Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Arsenal .  A watan Satumbar 2020 an nada shi shugaban kulob din.

 Rayuwa 
Ken Friar ya yi karatu a St John's School, Highbury da Highbury County Grammar School bayan ya wuce goma sha ɗaya. Friar ya fara aiki a Arsenal na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai shekaru 12 a 1946 bayan ya kori kwallon kafa a ƙarƙashin motar kocin Arsenal George Allison . Allison ya ba Friar aiki a matsayin ɗan saƙon ranar wasa a Arsenal bayan ya burge shi da sha'awarsa. Ya bar makaranta a 1950 kuma ya fara aiki a ofishin jakadancin kulob din. Friar ya tashi ta hanyar kulob din kuma ya zama sakataren kamfanin wanda ya maye gurbin Bob Wall a watan Janairun 1973. A wannan lokacin, ya shiga cikin tattaunawar da aka gudanar a cikin 1970s tsakanin allon Arsenal da abokan hamayyar Tottenham Hotspur don raba sabon filin wasa a Alexandra Palace . 

A ranar 17 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1983  shugaban kasar Peter Hill-Wood ya nada shi manajan darakta, rawar da ya taka har zuwa shekara ta 2000. A wannan lokacin, Friar ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tattaunawar manajan da kwangilar 'yan wasa da kuma inganta alaƙar Arsenal da al'umma da kungiyoyin magoya baya, ban da samun nasarar yin jayayya da kare jama'a a Highbury."Arsenal's lifelong servant Ken Friar strengthens club's bond with the past". The Telegraph. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2024. Ya sauka daga wannan rawar don mayar da hankali kan tafiyar kulob din zuwa Filin wasa na Emirates kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin har zuwa Satumba 2020 lokacin da ya yi ritaya."Ken Friar OBE to become life president". www.arsenal.com. A ranar 1 ga Mayu 2008 an sanar da cewa ya zama mukaddashin manajan darektan a kan murabus din Keith Edelman kafin nadin Ivan Gazidis.

An nada Friar a matsayin Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin 2000 Birthday Honours don hidimomi ga ƙungiyar kwallon kafa.United Kingdom:  Birnin London na Islington ya kuma ba shi 'yancin yankin a shekara ta 2004. 

Ya zuwa 27 Maris 2007 ya mallaki hannun jari 47 wanda ke wakiltar 0.07% na kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Arsenal bayan ya sauya 147 ga shugaban Arsenal na lokacin Peter Hill-Wood . 

Ya zuwa 7 ga Satumba 2015, ya mallaki kashi 1 wanda ke wakiltar 0.0016% na kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Arsenal, Ivan Gazidis kuma ya mallaki hannun jari 1, tare da sauran hannun jari mallakar Arsenal (AFC Holdings) iyakance.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Friar ta auri Gwendoline Maureen Deacon a shekara ta 1957. Suna da ɗa da 'yar. Gwendoline Friar ta mutu daga ciwon daji a ranar 29 ga Disamba 2020, tana da shekaru 88. 

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