Don Fraser (footballer, born 1882)

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]

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

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.

External links

• Don Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Don Fraser's profile at Collingwood Forever