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Jim Fraser (Australian footballer)

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Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
Jim Fraser
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

  1. 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.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.

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