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title: "3 Donald Fehr Quotes - Famous Trade unionist"
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# Donald Fehr

(1948)   Trade Unionist

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Donald Fehr is a trade unionist.

## Quick Facts About Donald Fehr

Born July 18, 1948

Profession Trade Unionist

## About Donald Fehr

American sports labor leader... \| Donald Martin Fehr is an American former sports executive and union leader. He was the fifth executive director of the NHL Players Association from 2010 to 2023. He became nationally prominent while serving as the executive director of the MLB Players Association from 1983 to 2009.

##  Quotes by Donald Fehr

> [You go through the Sporting News for the last one hundred years, and you will find two things are always true. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fehr/you-go-through-the-sporting-news-for-the-last-one-hundred-years-and/)

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[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

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> [The Olympics, you have to remember, is an event onto itself; it's unlike anything else. It's a multisport event, you have people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fehr/the-olympics-you-have-to-remember-is-an-event-onto-itself-it-s-unlike/)

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[Charm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charm/)

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> [Don't expect people to behave perfectly-after all, they are people, with all of the faults and frailties of the human condition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-fehr/don-t-expect-people-to-behave-perfectly-after-all-they-are-people/)

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[Behave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behave/)

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