Wayne Frazier | |
Birth Date: | March 5, 1939 |
Birth Place: | Evergreen, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Brewton, Alabama, U.S. |
Position1: | Center |
Uniform Number: | 56, 66, 51 |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lb: | 245 |
High School: | Hillcrest (Evergreen, Alabama) |
College: | Auburn |
Afldraftedyear: | 1962 |
Afldraftedround: | 32 |
Afldraftedpick: | 256 |
Afldraftedteam: | San Diego Chargers |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1961 |
Nfldraftedround: | 16 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 216 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Chicago Bears |
Playing Years1: | (1962) |
Playing Team1: | San Diego Chargers |
Playing Years2: | (1965) |
Playing Team2: | Houston Oilers |
Playing Years3: | (1966) |
Playing Team3: | Buffalo Bills |
Playing Years4: | (1966–1967) |
Playing Team4: | Kansas City Chiefs |
Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 48 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 42 |
Statlabel3: | Fumble recoveries |
Statvalue3: | 1 |
Nfl: | FRA804163 |
William Wayne "Cotton" Frazier Sr. (March 5, 1939 - March 11, 2012) was a professional American football center who played four seasons in the American Football League (AFL) from 1962 to 1967.
He started with the San Diego Chargers, was traded to the Houston Oilers, then to the Buffalo Bills, and finally to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1966. After winning the AFL championship with the Chiefs that year, he started for them in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game. He later served as head coach at W. S. Neal High School in East Brewton and led the Eagles to a 23–17 record from 1980 to 1983.
William Wayne Frazier died March 11, 2012, aged 73, in Brewton, Alabama after an extended illness.[1] [2] He was buried at Brownville Memorial Cemetery in Evergreen, Alabama.[3]