Donald James Benjamin Fraser (25 October 1901 – 7 November 1978)
was an
Australian rules footballer who was a noted goalkicker for the
Oakleigh Football Club
Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club from Oakleigh, Victoria, Oakleigh which played in the Victorian Football Association, VFA from 1929 until 1994. Oakleigh wore purple guernseys with a gold monog ...
in the
Victorian Football Association
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in the 1920s and 1930s. He also played in the
VFL
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for two seasons the
Richmond Football Club.
He went on to play in premiership sides for suburban team Fairfield in 1926 and 1928 and for
Oakleigh in the
VFA in 1930 and 1931.
From 1922, when he commenced playing for
Richmond's seconds, to 1935, when he played his final season for
Oakleigh, Fraser kicked 949 goals from his 254 games. He twice won competition goalkicking awards and led his club goalkicking for ten seasons.
His son,
"Mopsy" Fraser, played 124 games for
Richmond
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in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Footnotes
References
* Fiddian, Marc: ''Devils at Play: A History of the Oakleigh Football Club'', Pakenham Gazette, Pakenham 1982
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
*
Don Fraser at ''The VFA Project''.
Don Fraser at ''Boyles Football Photos''.
1901 births
1978 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Richmond Football Club players
Oakleigh Football Club players
People from Richmond, Victoria
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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