Bob Fraser (footballer)

Robert Fraser was a Scottish professional football defender who played for Albion Rovers and Aberdeen.[2]

Bob Fraser
Personal information
Full name Robert Fraser
Date of birth c. 1909
Place of birth Motherwell, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9.5 in (177 cm)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Law Scotia
1927–1931 Albion Rovers 131 (5)
1931–1938 Aberdeen 194 (4)
Total 325 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fraser joined Aberdeen in 1931, and was appointed team captain in 1934. He emigrated to South Africa in 1938, a year after visiting the country on the club's summer tour.[1][3]

At representative level, he took part in a Scottish Football Association tour of North America in the summer of 1935, but none of the fixtures was a full international.[4][5]

References

  1. "Bob Fraser profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Tour Of South Africa 1937, AFC-Family/DNA
  4. "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1935". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1935 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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