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Mopsy Fraser

Donald William James "Mopsy" Fraser (24 October 1922 – 26 June 1987)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1945 and 1952 for the Richmond Football Club.

Don Fraser Jr.
Personal information
Full name Donald William James Fraser
Date of birth 24 October 1922
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 26 June 1987(1987-06-26) (aged 64)
Place of death Adelaide
Original team(s) Richmond Districts
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86.5 kg (191 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1945–1952 Richmond 124 (125)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952.
Career highlights
  • VFL Representative Games:- 9
  • VFA Representative Games:- 1
  • Tasmanian Representative Games:- 1
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family edit

The son of Donald James Benjamin Fraser, and Lilian Rose Fraser, née Haig, Donald William James Fraser was born in Collingwood, Victoria on 24 October 1922.

His father (also "Don Fraser"), was an Australian rules footballer in the 1920s and 1930s, who twice won the leading goalkicker award while playing for Oakleigh, and also played 18 games for Richmond.

Football edit

Known as "Mopsy", he is still regarded as one of the most rugged players ever to play in the Victorian Football League (VFL), serving a total 16 weeks in suspensions whilst at the Tigers.

He then played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), serving as captain-coach of the Port Melbourne Football Club, leading the club to the 1953 premiership, and then later serving as captain-coach at Prahran. He was suspended for a further 30 matches in the VFA, missing out on finals series with Port Melbourne in 1954 and 1955, and while at Prahran was suspended for the last fifteen weeks of the 1957 season for a dangerous sling tackle on an opponent, following by using abusive language towards the umpires.[2]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "Don Fraser – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Fraser out for rest of season". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 22 May 1957. p. 48.

References edit

  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links edit

  • Mopsy Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Don Fraser, at Boyles Football Photos.
  • Don "Mopsy" Fraser, at The VFA Project.


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