William Alexander Fraser (24 February 1929 – 7 March 1996) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a goalkeeper.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Alexander Fraser[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Date of death | 7 March 1996(1996-03-07) (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stirling Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1950 | Third Lanark | 63 | (0) |
| 1950–1954 | Airdrieonians | 103 | (0) |
| 1954–1959 | Sunderland | 127 | (0) |
| 1959 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | (0) |
| North Shields | |||
| Total | 295 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1954 | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Australia, Fraser started his professional footballing career with Third Lanark in 1946 and he made 63 appearances for the club until his departure to Airdrieonians in 1950.[2] He joined Airdrie in 1950 and played for them up to 1954 and made a total of 103 appearances at his time there.[2] He joined his third club, Sunderland, in 1954 and made his debut for them on 20 March 1954 against Tottenham Hotspur in 3–0 win at White Hart Lane.[3] Fraser played for Sunderland from 1954 up until 1959 in that time he had made 127 appearances for the North East club.[4] He left Sunderland and came to Nottingham Forest for one season, but played a mere two games and left for North Shields in 1959 before retiring.[2]
He won his first cap for Scotland on 16 October 1954 against Wales in a 1–0 victory at Ninian Park.[5] He won one further cap for his country, making a total of two caps.[6]