Robert Fraser was a Scottish professional football defender who played for Albion Rovers and Aberdeen.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Fraser | ||
| Date of birth | 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Motherwell, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | April, 1985 (aged 76-77) | ||
| Place of death | South Africa | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[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) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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]
Career statistics
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editAppearances and goals by club, season and competition
edit| Club[6] | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aberdeen | 1931-32 | Scottish Division One | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1932-33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 1933-34 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 1934-35 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 1935-36 | 37 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 1936-37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 1937-38 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 194 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 215 | 4 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "Bob Fraser profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Tour Of South Africa 1937, AFC-Family/DNA
- ^ "Scottish Football Association Tour, 1935". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Neil Morrison (4 January 2018). "British "FA XI" Tours: 1935 Tour of Canada and USA by the Scottish FA". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.