Billy Fraser

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{for|the Stoke footballer|Billy Fraser (footballer born 1868)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Billy Fraser

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| fullname = William Thomas Fraser{{Hugman|6814|accessdate=17 April 2017}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|8|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| currentclub =

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}

| position = Outside left

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Huddersfield Town

| years1 = 1963–1965 | clubs1 = Huddersfield Town | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1965–1966 | clubs2 = Heart of Midlothian | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1967 | clubs3 = Washington Whips | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1968 | clubs4 = Boston Beacons | caps4 = 32 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 1970–1971 | clubs5 = Washington Darts | caps5 = 46 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1972 | clubs6 = Miami Gatos | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1

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William Thomas Fraser (born 12 August 1945) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an outside left for Huddersfield Town in the English Football League and for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Football League.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/billyfraser.html |title=Billy Fraser |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 February 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/fraserbilly.html |title=Billy Fraser |work=London Hearts |publisher=London Hearts Supporters Club |accessdate=23 February 2010 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200958/http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/fraserbilly.html |url-status=dead }} He then moved to the United States, where he played in the North American Soccer League for the Boston Beacons, the Washington Darts and the Miami Gatos.{{cite web |url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/F/Fraser.William.htm |title=North American Soccer League Players William Fraser |work=NASL Jerseys |publisher=Dave Morrison |accessdate=23 February 2010}} Fraser was selected to the 1970 NASL All-star First team,{{cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/nasl/naslallstar.html |title=NASL All-Star teams, all-time |first=David |last=Whitney |work=American Soccer History Archives |publisher=Dave Litterer |date=14 February 1995 |accessdate=23 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194036/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/nasl/naslallstar.html |archive-date=13 April 2018 |url-status=dead }} and as an All-star Honorable mention in 1971 and 1972.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/Arena/6925/nasl.html |title=Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page |access-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006222355/http://www.oocities.org/colosseum/Arena/6925/nasl.html |archive-date=6 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501104955/http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 May 2008|date=1 May 2008|accessdate=30 June 2018}}