Eadie Fraser
Malcolm John Eadie Fraser (4 March 1860 – 8 January 1886) was a Scottish international footballer, who played for Queen's Park and Scotland in the 1870s and 1880s.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm John Eadie Fraser | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1860 | ||
| Place of birth | Goderich, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Date of death | 8 January 1886 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Playing position(s) | Right wing forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Queen's Park | |||
| National team | |||
| 1880–83 | Scotland | 5 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Fraser was born in Goderich, Ontario, the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Returning to Scotland as a boy, he was brought up in Glasgow. A talented footballer, he won five caps for Scotland between 1880 and 1883, scoring four goals in the process. At Queen's Park he won two Scottish Cup medals and was club secretary in 1882/83.[1]
He died in Sydney, Australia of tuberculosis shortly after arriving on a sea journey from Scotland, having been sent there in an effort to cure the effects of the illness, which he contracted while working in Nigeria.[1]
References
- Mitchell, Andy (30 May 2012). "Eadie Fraser - identifying a famous name". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- Mitchell, Andy (4 July 2014). "The diaries of a dying footballer: the sad tale of Eadie Fraser". Scottish Sport History. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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