Jim Fraser (Australian footballer)

James Fraser, MM (21 December 1896 – 5 November 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Jim Fraser
Jim Fraser (front) evading Ern Elliott, 1922.
Personal information
Full name James Fraser
Date of birth (1896-12-21)21 December 1896
Place of birth Mansfield, Victoria
Date of death 5 November 1975(1975-11-05) (aged 78)
Place of death Preston, Victoria
Original team(s) Mansfield
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1922–23 Carlton 14 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1923.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Before his football career Fraser served with distinction in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal in October 1917 for "bravery in the field".[2]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.
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