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 1908
Place of birth Motherwell, Scotland
Date of death April, 1985 (aged 76-77)
Place of death South Africa
Height 5 ft 9+12 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 edit

Club edit

Appearances 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

  1. ^ a b "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.