Ken Fraser

Australian rules footballer

Ken Fraser
Personal information
Full name	Ken Fraser
Date of birth	(1940-02-17) 17 February 1940 (age 84)
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1958–1968	Essendon	198 (157)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	9 (20)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1968.
Career highlights
Essendon premiership player 1962 Essendon premiership captain 1965 Essendon Team of the Century W. S. Crichton Medal 1963, 1964 Essendon captain 1965–1968 Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2001
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ken Fraser (born 17 February 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally recruited from the Essendon Baptists St John's club (which has since merged with Ascot Vale Presbyterians to become the Tullamarine Football Club) in the Essendon District Football League, Fraser mainly played at centre half-forward. He won the Essendon Football Club's Best First-Year Player award in 1958 and went on to play in two premiership teams, with the second premiership as captain. He also won two club best-and-fairest awards and represented Victoria on many occasions.^[1] In 2001, Fraser was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.^[2] In 2002, he was ranked 7th in the Champions of Essendon list.^[3]

Fraser was also Principal of Templestowe Secondary College in Lower Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, for many years. His son, Mark, also played for Essendon.

Footnotes

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 212. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
^ "The Australian Football Hall of Fame: Players inducted".
^ "Past Player profiles". Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.

References

"New Boys" join the 200 club, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 December 1968), p.25.

External links

Ken Fraser's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Ken Fraser at AustralianFootball.com

Essendon Football Club 1962 VFL premiers

Essendon 13.12 (90) defeated Carlton 8.10 (58), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Clarke (c)
5. Shaw
6. Gosper
7. Payne
10. Shelton
11. Birt
12. Capuano
14. Blew
16. Johnston
18. Beissel
19. Somerville
23. Fraser
24. McKenzie
25. Timms
28. Epis
30. Leek
31. Mitchell
32. Davis
34. Sampson
36. Doran

Coach: Coleman

v t e Essendon Football Club 1965 VFL premiers
Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.6 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Clarke 2. Gerlach 4. Shaw 6. Gosper 8. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Brown 20. Fordham 21. Pryor 23. Fraser (c) 24. McKenzie 27. Waite 28. Epis 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 43. Egan
Coach: Coleman

v t e Captains of the Essendon Football Club
VFL/AFL	1897–1900: Stuckey 1901–1902: Collins 1903–1904: Anderson 1904: Gavin 1905: Robinson 1906: J. McKenzie 1907–1909: Griffith 1910: Belcher 1911: Smith 1912–1915: Belcher 1918: Baring 1919: Belcher 1920–1921: Ogden 1922–1924: Barker 1925–1928: Maher 1929–1930: Beckton 1931–1933: Campbell 1934–1935: Forbes 1936–1937: Baggott 1937: Forbes 1938: Webster 1939–1950: Reynolds 1951–1957: Hutchison 1958–1964: Clarke 1965–1968: Fraser 1969: D. McKenzie 1970–1971: Davis 1972–1975: Tuddenham 1976: Moss 1977–1979: Fletcher 1980–1981: Madden 1982: N. Daniher 1983–1988: T. Daniher 1989–1991: T. Watson 1992–1995: Thompson 1996–1997: O'Donnell 1998–2005: Hird 1999: Long 2006-2009: Lloyd 2010–2015: J. Watson 2016: Goddard 2017–2022: Heppell 2023–: Merrett
AFL Women's	2022 (S7)–: Cain/Toogood

Captains of the Essendon Football Club

VFL/AFL

1897–1900: Stuckey
1901–1902: Collins
1903–1904: Anderson
1904: Gavin
1905: Robinson
1906: J. McKenzie
1907–1909: Griffith
1910: Belcher
1911: Smith
1912–1915: Belcher
1918: Baring
1919: Belcher
1920–1921: Ogden
1922–1924: Barker
1925–1928: Maher
1929–1930: Beckton
1931–1933: Campbell
1934–1935: Forbes
1936–1937: Baggott
1937: Forbes
1938: Webster
1939–1950: Reynolds
1951–1957: Hutchison
1958–1964: Clarke
1965–1968: Fraser
1969: D. McKenzie
1970–1971: Davis
1972–1975: Tuddenham
1976: Moss
1977–1979: Fletcher
1980–1981: Madden
1982: N. Daniher
1983–1988: T. Daniher
1989–1991: T. Watson
1992–1995: Thompson
1996–1997: O'Donnell
1998–2005: Hird
1999: Long
2006-2009: Lloyd
2010–2015: J. Watson
2016: Goddard
2017–2022: Heppell
2023–: Merrett

AFL Women's

2022 (S7)–: Cain/Toogood

v t e Essendon Football Club · Team of the Century 1896–1997
Full-back	Gavin Wanganeen Fred Baring Tom Fitzmaurice
Half-back	Barry Davis Wally Buttsworth Harold Lambert
Centre	Reg Burgess Jack Clarke Michael Long
Half-forward	James Hird Ken Fraser Terry Daniher
Full-forward	Bill Hutchison John Coleman Albert Thurgood
Ruck	Simon Madden Tim Watson Dick Reynolds (c)
Interchange	Mark Thompson Keith Forbes Frank Maher Billy Griffith
Coach	Kevin Sheedy

v t e Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners
1901: Thurgood 1902: Gavin 1903: N/A 1904: N/A 1905: N/A 1906: J. McKenzie 1907: N/A 1908: Busbridge 1909: Busbridge 1910: N/A 1911: Cameron 1912: Cameron 1913: Baring 1914: N/A 1915: N/A 1916: N/A 1917: N/A 1918: N/A 1919: N/A 1920: Garden 1921: N/A 1922: Fitzmaurice 1923: Fitzmaurice 1924: Fitzmaurice 1925: Stockdale 1926: Harrison 1927: Maher 1928: Beckton 1929: Okey 1930: Forbes 1931: T. Clarke 1932: Carman 1933: Walsh 1934: Reynolds 1935: Forbes 1936: Reynolds 1937: Reynolds 1938: Reynolds 1939: Reynolds 1940: Torney 1941: Buttsworth 1942: Reynolds 1943: Reynolds 1944: Bushby 1945: Buttsworth 1946: Buttsworth 1947: Hutchison 1948: Hutchison 1949: Coleman 1950: Hutchison 1951: McDonald 1952: Hutchison 1953: Hutchison 1954: Gill 1955: Hutchison 1956: Hutchison 1957: Burgess 1958: J. Clarke 1959: Mitchell 1960: Burgess 1961: Birt 1962: J. Clarke 1963: Fraser 1964: Fraser 1965: Birt 1966: D. McKenzie 1967: Birt 1968: Davis 1969: Davis 1970: Gerlach 1971: Davis 1972: Fields 1973: Wilson 1974: Moss 1975: Moss 1976: Moss 1977: Madden 1978: K. Fletcher 1979: Madden 1980: T. Watson 1981: N. Daniher 1982: T. Daniher 1983: Madden 1984: Madden 1985: T. Watson 1986: Hawker 1987: Thompson 1988: T. Watson 1989: T. Watson 1990: Thompson 1991: Ezard 1992: Harvey 1993: O'Donnell 1994: Hird 1995: Hird 1996: Hird 1997: Denham 1998: Hardwick 1999: Mercuri 2000: D. Fletcher 2001: J. Johnson 2002: M. Johnson 2003: Hird/Lucas 2004: McPhee 2005: J. Johnson 2006: Lucas 2007: Hird 2008: Hille 2009: J. Watson 2010: J. Watson 2011: Zaharakis 2012: J. Watson 2013: Goddard 2014: Heppell 2015: Hooker 2016: Merrett 2017: J. Daniher 2018: Smith 2019: Merrett 2020: Ridley 2021: Merrett 2022: Wright 2023: Merrett

Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners

1901: Thurgood
1902: Gavin
1903: N/A
1904: N/A
1905: N/A
1906: J. McKenzie
1907: N/A
1908: Busbridge
1909: Busbridge
1910: N/A
1911: Cameron
1912: Cameron
1913: Baring
1914: N/A
1915: N/A
1916: N/A
1917: N/A
1918: N/A
1919: N/A
1920: Garden
1921: N/A
1922: Fitzmaurice
1923: Fitzmaurice
1924: Fitzmaurice
1925: Stockdale
1926: Harrison
1927: Maher
1928: Beckton
1929: Okey
1930: Forbes
1931: T. Clarke
1932: Carman
1933: Walsh
1934: Reynolds
1935: Forbes
1936: Reynolds
1937: Reynolds
1938: Reynolds
1939: Reynolds
1940: Torney
1941: Buttsworth
1942: Reynolds
1943: Reynolds
1944: Bushby
1945: Buttsworth
1946: Buttsworth
1947: Hutchison
1948: Hutchison
1949: Coleman
1950: Hutchison
1951: McDonald
1952: Hutchison
1953: Hutchison
1954: Gill
1955: Hutchison
1956: Hutchison
1957: Burgess
1958: J. Clarke
1959: Mitchell
1960: Burgess
1961: Birt
1962: J. Clarke
1963: Fraser
1964: Fraser
1965: Birt
1966: D. McKenzie
1967: Birt
1968: Davis
1969: Davis
1970: Gerlach
1971: Davis
1972: Fields
1973: Wilson
1974: Moss
1975: Moss
1976: Moss
1977: Madden
1978: K. Fletcher
1979: Madden
1980: T. Watson
1981: N. Daniher
1982: T. Daniher
1983: Madden
1984: Madden
1985: T. Watson
1986: Hawker
1987: Thompson
1988: T. Watson
1989: T. Watson
1990: Thompson
1991: Ezard
1992: Harvey
1993: O'Donnell
1994: Hird
1995: Hird
1996: Hird
1997: Denham
1998: Hardwick
1999: Mercuri
2000: D. Fletcher
2001: J. Johnson
2002: M. Johnson
2003: Hird/Lucas
2004: McPhee
2005: J. Johnson
2006: Lucas
2007: Hird
2008: Hille
2009: J. Watson
2010: J. Watson
2011: Zaharakis
2012: J. Watson
2013: Goddard
2014: Heppell
2015: Hooker
2016: Merrett
2017: J. Daniher
2018: Smith
2019: Merrett
2020: Ridley
2021: Merrett
2022: Wright
2023: Merrett

v t e Victorian (VFL) squad – 1966 Interstate Carnival
Victoria (VFL) 26.24 (180) defeated Tasmania 11.13 (79), at North Hobart Oval, 9 June 1966, crowd: 20,047 Victoria (VFL) 16.23 (119) defeated South Australia 7.9 (51), at North Hobart Oval, 11 June 1966, crowd: 23,764 Victoria (VFL) 14.17 (101) defeated Victoria (VFA) 9.7 (61), at North Hobart Oval, 13 June 1966, crowd: 13,969 Victoria (VFL) 15.10 (100) defeated Western Australia 13.7 (85), at North Hobart Oval, 18 June 1966, crowd: 23,368
Captain: Fraser Baldock Barrot Beck Birt Bourke Brown Browne Bryant Crowe Gaudion Goold John Magee Mann Marshall Newnham Nicholls Potter Stewart Teasdale Walker Waters Whitten
Coach: Killigrew