Charles Fraser (rugby league)
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Chook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 January 1893 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Died | 31 January 1981 Balmain, New South Wales |
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Rugby League Project and Yesterday's Hero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles "Chook" Fraser (1893–1981) was an Australian rugby league footballer and later coach. He was a versatile three-quarter for the Australian national team. He played in 11 Tests between 1911 and 1920 as captain on 3 occasions. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century
Chook Fraser was born in Short Street, Balmain in 1893. A Balmain junior, Fraser was graded with the Balmain Tigers at age 17, before an extraordinary 17 year first grade career for the club at either fullback or centre from 1910 to 1926.
He was member of Balmain's premiership winning sides of 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, and 1924.
His 185 first grade games stood as the Balmain club record for more than four decades. He was the NSW Rugby Football League's top point scorer in 1916 and 1917.
He was voted into both the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Balmain Tigers Team of the Century in the position of centre.
In only his second year in first grade with just 15 games to his credit and still aged 18 Fraser was selected for the 1911–12 Kangaroo Tour of England. He made his Test debut at full-back against England in the 1st Test of 1911 at Newcastle upon Tyne and played in 20 other tour matches. He was the youngest Australian footballer to play Test football (18 years 301 days) when he toured with the 1911-12 Kangaroos until surpassed by Brad Fittler in 1990 and then again by Israel Folau in October 2007.
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