Bill Fraser (Australian footballer)

Bill Fraser
Personal information
Full name	William Fraser
Date of birth	29 March 1867
Original team	South Melbourne (VFA)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897-1904	South Melbourne	88 (18)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1904 season .
Career highlights

Bill 'Buns' Fraser (born 29 March 1867) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fraser captained South Melbourne in their first two VFL seasons. He could play a variety of positions and was used as a winger, forward and centreman during his career. Fraser was a forward pocket in the 1899 VFL Grand Final loss to Fitzroy.

References

Bill Fraser (Australian footballer)'s statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser • 1899: Adamson • 1900: Windley • 1901: Trim • 1902: Windley • 1903: Fogarty • 1904–1905: McGee • 1906: Howson • 1907–1908: Dolphin • 1909: Ricketts • 1910–1911: Thomas • 1912: Ricketts • 1913: H. Kelly • 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher • 1918–1919: Caldwell • 1920: Belcher • 1921: Willis • 1922: Tandy • 1923–1925: P. Scanlan • 1926–1927: Pannam • 1928: J. Scanlan • 1929: Stanbridge • 1930–1931: J. Scanlan • 1932: Leonard • 1933–1936: Bisset • 1937: Nash • 1938–1945: Matthews • 1946–1948: Graham • 1949: Lucas • 1950–1952: Lane • 1953–1954: Clegg • 1955: Gunn • 1956: Gillett • 1957–1960: Clegg • 1961–1971: Skilton • 1972: Rantall • 1973–1976: Bedford • 1977–1979: Quade • 1980–1983: Round • 1984: Round/Browning • 1985: Browning • 1986–1992: Carroll • 1993–2002: P. Kelly • 2003–2005: Maxfield • 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry • 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton • 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk • 2011: Goodes/McVeigh

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

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Name	Fraser, Bill
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Date of birth	29 March 1867
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