Jim Fraser (Australian footballer)
Appearance
Jim Fraser | |||
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![]() Jim Fraser (front) evading Ern Elliott, 1922. | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | James Fraser | ||
Date of birth | 21 December 1896 | ||
Place of birth | Mansfield, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 5 November 1975 | (aged 78)||
Place of death | Preston, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Mansfield | ||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1922–23 | Carlton | 14 (13) | |
1 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). [1]
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".[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Jim Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jim Fraser's profile at Blueseum
Categories:
- 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