Full name Douglas Stewart Fraser Height/Weight 185 cm / 86 kg Weight 86 kg | Role Australian footballer Date of birth 7 December 1886 Name Doug Fraser | |
Date of death 24 February 1919(1919-02-24) (aged 32) Died 1919, Yarraville, Australia | ||
Place of birth Brunswick, Victoria Original team Yarraville Football Club Place of death Yarraville, Victoria | ||
Douglas Stewart "Doug" Fraser (7 December 1886 – 24 February 1919) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A Yarraville Football Club premiership player in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), Fraser broke into a strong Carlton team in the 1910 VFL season and established a place in the side as a follower. He kicked three goals in a win over Geelong at Princes Park.
Fraser is best remembered for his involvement in the bribery scandal that hit the league during the 1910 finals series. Together with Doug Gillespie and his childhood friend Alex Lang, Fraser was withdrawn from the Semi Final against South Melbourne while Carlton and the league investigated allegations that they had accepted bribes to 'play dead'. Lang and Fraser were both found guilty and suspended for five years, a total of 99 league games.
He died in 1919 from influenza, having never played senior football again.