Alex Fraser (Scottish footballer)

Alex Fraser was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an defender and featured for Rangers between 1902 and 1906.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Alec Fraser (footballer).
Alex Fraser
Personal information
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1906 Rangers 43 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He won the Scottish Cup in 1903, in which Heart of Midlothian were defeated after two replays.[3] A frequent but not constant starter (he was involved in two-thirds of the league fixtures in the three seasons he featured regularly),[2] he missed out on a place in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final, a defeat to Celtic,[4] but did take part in a win over the same opponents in the final of the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup a month later,[5][6] only to finish on the losing side in an Old Firm final again five months after that, this time in the Glasgow Cup[7] in the period when the competitive rivalry between the two clubs was intensifying.

More disappointment was to follow for Rangers at the end of that season as they lost the 1905 Scottish Cup Final to Third Lanark after a replay,[8] then suffered another defeat to Celtic in a play-off for the 1904–05 Scottish Division One title, both having finished level on points.[9] Fraser played in only two matches the following season,[2] and very little is documented of his life and career either side of that fairly prominent spell at Ibrox (as with teammate Alec Mackie).

References
  1. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. (Rangers player) Fraser, Alex, FitbaStats
  3. Football. | Scottish Cup Final., The Scotsman, 27 April 1903, via London Hearts Supporters Club
  4. Scottish Cup Final Tie. | Celtic v. Rangers., The Glasgow Herald, 18 April 1904
  5. Glasgow Rangers v Celtic 5-2 (Glasgow Charity Cup Final: May 14, 1904), via Play Up Liverpool
  6. Football. Glasgow Charity Cup–Final Tie, The Glasgow Herald, 16 May 1904
  7. Glasgow Cup–Final Tie. | Celtic V. Rangers., The Glasgow Herald, 10 October 1904
  8. Football. | Scottish Cup–Final Tie., The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1905
  9. Hannan, Martin (27 November 2010). "1905: The last time Scotland drafted in a foreign referee". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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