Eadie Fraser
Canadian-born Scottish footballer
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Malcolm John Eadie Fraser (4 March 1860 – 8 January 1886) was a Scottish international footballer who played for Queen's Park and Scotland in the 1870s and 1880s.[1][2]
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Fraser in Scotland kit, 1882 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm John Eadie Fraser | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1860 | ||
| Place of birth | Goderich, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Date of death | 8 January 1886 (aged 25) | ||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Position | Right wing forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1878–1884 | Queen's Park | ||
| International career | |||
| 1880–1883 | Scotland | 5 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fraser was born in Goderich, Canada West, the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Returning to Scotland as a boy, he was brought up in Glasgow. A talented footballer, he won five caps for Scotland between 1880 and 1883, scoring four goals in the process.[3] At Queen's Park he won two Scottish Cup medals in 1881 and 1882 plus three Glasgow Merchants Charity Cups,[4] and was club secretary in 1882–83.[1]
He died in Sydney, Australia of tuberculosis shortly after arriving on a sea journey from Scotland, having been sent there in an effort to cure the effects of the illness, which he contracted while working in Nigeria.[1]
