Fryer was a three-sport athlete at Strathcona High School in Edmonton from the fall of 1968 to the spring of 1971, starring on the Lords' football, basketball and track and field teams all three years.
As an intermediate boy in his grade 11 year at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial track and field meet in Calgary, Fryer won and set the ASAA record for the 120 yard hurdles with a time of 14.4 seconds.
[citation needed] The following year at the provincial championship in Edmonton, Fryer once again won the 120 yard hurdles, setting a new record of 14.2 seconds.
[citation needed] In 1975, Fryer had 51 receptions for 943 yards during the season and won the Hec Crighton Trophy, which was awarded annually to the most outstanding football player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
Fryer's accomplishments at the University of Alberta caught the attention of Bob Windish, the director of player personnel for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
[citation needed] After watching Fryer at a practice in September 1975 he passed a report on to Alouettes head coach Marv Levy.
[citation needed] He caught seven passes for 110 yards and scored one touchdown in pre-season exhibition play and was slotted into the lineup as a special teams player.
[citation needed] Fryer's contributions to the Eskimos' Grey Cup winning 1978 season were minimal; he played in nine of the team's 16 games and caught 20 passes for 293 yards and one touchdown.
[citation needed] Since 1995, Brian is still an active member of the Edmonton Eskimo Alumni Association as a director, president and chair of Casino and Scholarship committees.
[citation needed] Fryer was announced for induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame on February 21, 2013, in recognition of his CIS playing career with the Alberta Golden Bears.