Bob Fraser (footballer)

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Bob Fraser
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
Height5 ft 9+12 in (1.77 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Law Scotia
1927–1931 Albion Rovers 131 (5)
1931–1938 Aberdeen 194 (4)
Total325(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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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

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club [6] SeasonLeagueScottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aberdeen 1931-32 Scottish Division One 21010220
1932-33 25110261
1933-34 29040330
1934-35 36170431
1935-36 37050420
1936-37 18100181
1937-38 28130311
Total19442102154

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References

  1. 1 2 "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}}: 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.
  6. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 2 April 2023.