Donald James Benjamin Fraser (25 October 1901 – 7 November 1978) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who was a noted goalkicker for the

Oakleigh Football Club The Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh that competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1929 until 1994. Oakleigh wore purple guernseys w ...

in the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

in the 1920s and 1930s. He also played in the VFL for two seasons the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

. 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

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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

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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 {{AFL-bio-1901-stub