Cammie Fraser
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Cameron Fraser[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackford, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Gairdoch United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1962 | Dunfermline Athletic | 80 | (0) |
| 1962–1965 | Aston Villa | 33 | (1) |
| 1965–1966 | Birmingham City | 39 | (0) |
| 1967–1968 | Falkirk | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1961–1962 | Scotland under-23[2] | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Cameron Fraser (born 24 May 1941) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a full back.[3] He played 80 games for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Football League and a further 72 for Aston Villa and Birmingham City in the English Football League.[4]
Playing career
[edit]Fraser, born in Blackford, Perth and Kinross, began his football career as a youngster with Gairdoch United before joining Dunfermline Athletic in 1958 at the age of 17.[3] Under Jock Stein's management at Dunfermline, he was a Scottish Cup-winner in 1961, defeating Celtic 2–0 in the replay after the original tie had finished goalless.[5][6] Fraser, then 19, was the youngest player in the squad.[7] This victory meant that Dunfermline qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. Fraser played in the club's run to the quarter-final, in which they lost to Újpesti Dózsa 5–3 on aggregate, though he missed the first leg of the quarter-final due to influenza apparently brought on by a vaccination.[8][9] He was twice capped for Scotland at under-23 level during his time with Dunfermline.[3][10]
In October 1962, Fraser joined English First Division club Aston Villa for a fee of £24,000,[11] which paid for Dunfermline's new main stand.[7] He played 40 games for Aston Villa in all competitions, and was on the losing side in the 1963 Football League Cup final against Birmingham City. Following a contractual dispute with the club he quit, joining his wife's hairdressing business in London, before returning to football in February 1965 with Birmingham City, who paid Villa a £9,000 fee for his services.[3][11]
Fraser made a few appearances in attack for Birmingham, relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1964–65 season, and played regularly at right-back the following season.[12] He then returned to Scotland to join Falkirk, though never played for the first team.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]In 2007, Fraser was reported as spending much of his time in Australia and the Far East.[13] His father William played professional football for Aldershot and Northampton Town.[3]
Honours
[edit]Dunfermline Athletic
- Scottish Cup winners: 1961
Aston Villa
- Football League Cup runners-up: 1963
References
[edit]- ^ "Cammie Fraser". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Cammie Fraser". FitbaStats. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ a b "Cammie Fraser". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Final". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "Scottish Cup Replay". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ a b Pattullo, Alan (26 May 2001). "East End boys set Stein on his way". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "Season 1961/1962 – European Cup Winners Cup". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "European Cup Winners Cup – quarter-final First Leg". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "New Under-23 Caps". The Times. 29 November 1961. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Fraser, John Cameron (Cammie)". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ Matthews, p. 200–01.
- ^ Harris, Simon (5 April 2007). "Cup heroics forged a lifetime of friendship". Dunfermline Press. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2009.