Personal information | |
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Birth name | Simon Fraser |
Nationality | Australian |
Born | St Kilda, Victoria | 25 August 1886
Died | 11 May 1919 Penshurst, Victoria | (aged 32)
Education | Melbourne Grammar School |
Sport | |
Sport | Rowing |
Club | Melbourne Uni Boat Club |
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Fraser | ||
Original team(s) | Melbourne Grammar School | ||
Position(s) | Full forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1905–06 | Essendon | 21 (8) | |
1909 | University | 2 (0) | |
Total | 23 (8) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Simon Fraser Jr. (25 August 1886 – 11 May 1919) was an Australian sportsman who was an Olympic rower and played high-level Australian rules football.[1] In football he played with Essendon and University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). As a rower he represented Australia at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and was a member of the first Australian eight to win the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. In ice hockey he played for the Beavers Ice Hockey Club, one of the four founding teams in the newly founded Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association.