Don Fraser (footballer, born 1882)

Don(David)Fraser
Fraser in 1906
Personal information
Full name Donald/David James Fraser
Date of birth (1882-09-09)9 September 1882
Place of birth Terang, Victoria
Date of death 18 July 1963(1963-07-18) (aged 80)
Place of death East Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Leopold
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1904–06 Collingwood 31 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1906.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Donald James Fraser (9 September 1882 – 18 July 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

A decade after his football career Fraser enlisted to serve in World War I, being gassed in France in 1918 and invalided back to England for treatment.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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