Australian rules footballer
Jim Fraser | |||
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Jim Fraser (front) evading Ern Elliott, 1922. | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | James Fraser | ||
Date of birth | (1896-12-21)21 December 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Mansfield, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 5 November 1975(1975-11-05) (aged 78) | ||
Place of death | Preston, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Mansfield | ||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1922–23 | Carlton | 14 (13) | |
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
James Fraser, MM (21 December 1896 – 5 November 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Before his football career Fraser served with distinction in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal in October 1917 for "bravery in the field".
Notes
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
External links
- Jim Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Fraser's profile at Blueseum
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- 1896 births
- 1975 deaths
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Australian recipients of the Military Medal
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Carlton Football Club players
- Mansfield Football Club players
- Military personnel from Victoria (state)
- Australian rules biography, 1896 birth stubs