Frazer Dale (born 10 November 1993) is an Australian rules footballer, for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

in the Australian Football League.

Career

In his junior career, Dale played

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football for the

Calder Cannons The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...

, playing initially as a half forward flanker, then later as a defender. Following the 2011 season, Dale was recruited to the

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as a

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by the

with its third round selection in the 2012 Rookie Draft (pick No. 50 overall). He played much of the 2012 season with Carlton's , the

Northern Blues The Preston Football Club, which trades and plays as the Northern Bullants, is a long-established Australian rules football club based in Preston that plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It plays its home games at the Preston City O ...

, and made his senior debut for Carlton in Round 17. From a sporting family, Dale is the nephew of Australian test cricketer

Adam Dale Adam Craig Dale (born 30 December 1968) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches and 30 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket ...

. His father

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played two league matches for and is a now a successful horse trainer based in Wangaratta, Victoria.

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* * Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1993 births Living people Calder Cannons players Preston Football Club (VFA) players Carlton Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub