At last year’s induction banquet the Brian Budd Award was introduced and presented to the first ever recipient, the late Peter Zezel.

The Brian Budd Award is intended to recognize those who have excelled both in soccer and in another endeavour but who might not otherwise qualify for induction into The Soccer Hall of Fame.    

The candidate must exemplify good character, show outstanding dedication, achievements and leadership in developing soccer in Canada and provide inspiration to past, present and future generations.

Peter Sloly

Toronto Police Deputy Chief, Peter Sloly, has been selected by the Soccer Hall of Fame & Museum Board of Governors as the second ever recipient of the Brian Budd Award.

Peter Slowly was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1966. He moved with his family to Toronto just before his 10th birthday, and began playing youth soccer after arriving in Toronto. He excelled on the field while playing for St. Andrews Soccer Club, where he was coached by former Ontario Soccer Association President, and currently retired police officer John Knox. Sloly played for Knox until he was 15, when his talents earned him a place on the Provincial team. Peter went on to play 21 times for Canada’s Youth National Team, including the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championships in the old Soviet Union. He was capped once for Canada’s Senior Men's National Team in a game against Egypt in Cairo. Peter also played professionally for the Toronto Blizzard, alongside 2011 Soccer Hall of Fame Inductee, Lyndon Hooper.

Currently, Peter Sloly is in his 23rd year with the Toronto Police Service. He has a Criminal Justice Education Certificate from the University of Virginia, Incident Command System Certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from McMaster University and a Masters in Business Administration from York University's Schulich School of Business. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the University of Toronto Rotman Police Executive Leadership Program.
Peter Sloly has authored articles for several police and justice magazines on community mobilization, crime prevention and emergency management. He is an adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph-Humber and Ryerson University. He is member of the Police Executive Research Foundation, the Canadian Police College Advisory Board and a guest lecturer at the Ontario Police College.

Peter Sloly is presently in charge of Executive Command, comprised of 4 pillars and 9 business units which include; Professional Standards Investigative Unit, Professional Standard Risk Management Unit, Legal Services, Corporate Communications, Corporate Planning, Records Management, Property & Evidence Management Unit, Audit & Quality Assurance and the Video Services Unit.

Peter Sloly oversaw the Staff Planning & Community Mobilization pillar, which included the following units: Employment, Training & Education, Staff Planning, Diversity Management and Community Mobilization. He has also been the Unit Commander of 55 Division, 53 Division and Corporate Communications. He was a senior manager at 31 Division, 52 Division and Duty Operations. He has worked in Community Response, Major Crime, Youth Bureau and Public Order. Peter Sloly participated in the following international policing programs; Pearls in Policing, Lithuania Development Mission and the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo where he was a Command Staff Officer and the Canadian Contingent Commander.

Peter Sloly is a member of the Ontario Association of Chief's of Police, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the FBI National Academy Associates, the Police Executive Research Forum, the TPS Military Veterans Association and the Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers. He has also served on the following Boards of Directors; Spirit of the People Aboriginal Centre, Black Business & Professional Association's National Scholarship Foundation, Merry Go Round – Kids Cops & Computers, Covenant House, Herb Carnegie - Future Aces Board, Ontario Science Centre, the Greater Toronto "CivicAction" Alliance and the TDSB Elkhorn Public School Parent's Council.

ABOUT THE BRIAN BUDD AWARD

The Award is named for the late Brian Budd, who embodies this award through his accomplishments in soccer and beyond. Brian became the most internationally recognized Canadian Soccer player through his participation in the various Super Star Competitions between 1978 and 1980. These competitions were televised all over the world, and brought together world class International athletes that had won regional competitions to compete on the show.

Brian became an international household name for excelling in these competitions, winning himself $170,000 in the process. After Brian won the ABC World Super Star competition for three years in a row, the Brian Budd rule was instigated. This rule stated that an individual could win the competition only three times after which they could not compete again.

Brian’s success and exposure coincided with a spike in soccer registrations in Canada and the U.S. between 1975 and 1980. Not long after Canada and the U.S. began to climb in the FIFA rankings.

Brian’s playing career includes winning a CIAU gold medal for the UBC Thunderbirds in 1974. He played seven seasons in the NASL, with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Colorado Caribou, and Toronto Metros Croatia. He also played at the International level for Canada seven times, scoring twice in World Cup qualification matches.

Brian, affectionately known as “Budgie”, became a well known soccer broadcaster, starting as the colour commentator for the Toronto Blizzard in 1982, and most recently on the Score Network’s Footy Show from 2004-2009.