Bob Fraser (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Fraser | ||
Date of birth | 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
Date of death | April, 1985 (aged 76-77) | ||
Place of death | South Africa | ||
Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Law Scotia | |||
1927–1931 | Albion Rovers | 131 | (5) |
1931–1938 | Aberdeen | 194 | (4) |
Total | 325 | (9) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Fraser was a Scottish professional football defender who played for Albion Rovers and Aberdeen.[2]
Fraser joined Aberdeen in 1931, and was appointed team captain in 1934. He emigrated to South Africa in 1938, a year after visiting the country on the club's summer tour.[1][3]
At representative level, he took part in a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1935, but none of the fixtures was a full international.[4][5]
Career statistics
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[edit]Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
[edit]Club[6] | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1931-32 | Scottish Division One | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
1932-33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
1933-34 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
1934-35 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
1935-36 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
1936-37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
1937-38 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
Total | 194 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 215 | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bob Fraser profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
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(help) - ^ Tour Of South Africa 1937, AFC-Family/DNA
- ^ "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1935". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1935 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.