Wayne Frazier Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Bean, Josh, "Former Auburn lineman Wayne Frazier dies at age 73", Press Register, March 12, 2012
  2. Grimes, Lydia, "Local businessman Wayne Frazier dead at 73", Brewton Standard, March 12, 2012
  3. http://williamsmemorialchapel.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1420605&fh_id=12489 Obituary for William Wayne Frazier Sr., Williams Memorial Chapel