Cammie Fraser

This article is about the 1950s–1960s full back. For the 1970s–1980s midfielder, see Cammy Fraser.

Cammie Fraser

Personal information
Full name	John Cameron Fraser[1]
Date of birth	(1941-05-24) 24 May 1941 (age 83)
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

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

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

Dunfermline Athletic

• Scottish Cup winners: 1961

Aston Villa

• Football League Cup runners-up: 1963

References

1. "Cammie Fraser". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
2. "Cammie Fraser". FitbaStats. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
3. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
4. "Cammie Fraser". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
5. "Scottish Cup Final". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
6. "Scottish Cup Replay". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
7. 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.
8. "Season 1961/1962 – European Cup Winners Cup". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
9. "European Cup Winners Cup – quarter-final First Leg". ParsDatabase. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
10. "New Under-23 Caps". The Times. 29 November 1961. p. 3.
11. "Fraser, John Cameron (Cammie)". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
12. Matthews, p. 200–01.
13. 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.