Don Fraser, Jr.

Who was Don Fraser, Jr.?

Don Fraser Junior was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL between 1945 and 1952 for the Richmond Football Club.

Known as "Mopsy", he is still regarded as one of the most rugged players ever to play in the VFL, serving a total 16 weeks in suspensions whilst at the Tigers. He then played in the VFA, serving as captain-coach of the Port Melbourne Football Club, leading the club to the 1953 premiership, and then later serving as captain-coach at Prahran. He was suspended for a further 30 matches in the VFA, missing out on finals series with Port Melbourne in 1954 and 1955, and while at Prahran was suspended for the last fifteen weeks of the 1957 season for a dangerous sling tackle on an opponent, following by using abusive language towards the umpires.

His father, Don Senior, was an Australian rules footballer in the 1920s and1930s, who twice won the leading goalkicker award while playing for Oakleigh, and also played 18 games for Richmond.