Georg Paul Hermann Friese (22 May 1880[1][2] – October 1945) was a German-Brazilian athlete, association football player who played as a forward, and referee.

"Fried," these days considered of one of the greatest players of all time, was son of a German businessman that migrated from Hamburg and a black Brazilian woman.

Friese also was a football referee - then not uncommon for a player - and officiated the deciding matches of the State Championships of 1903, 1904, 1910 and 1920.

He also was referee of the Troféu Interestadual of 1910, where Botafogo FC of Rio de Janeiro defeated AA das Palmeiras with 7-2 in the Velódromo of São Paulo.

[6] These days Friese is one of ten patrons of the Academia Paulista de Árbitros de Futebol "Charles Miller," an honour he shares with World Cup referees like José Roberto Wright, Armando Marques, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho and Romualdo Arppi Filho, amongst others.