George Fraser – Class of 1970
George Fraser has the distinction of being Anaheim High’s first player in CIF history to make the CIF selection three years in a row, twice on first team. He was also on the 1967 Colonist football team that won Anaheim’s first outright CIF championship in the 4- A Division.
A natural athlete, Fraser was a stand-out player from the beginning. He played football, basketball and ran track as a boy in New York with a Catholic youth organization before moving to Anaheim in 1964.
In the spring of 1967, as a ninth grader at Fremont Junior High, he set the District record for the 100- and 220-yard dash, the 660 relay and the shot put. All four records still stand today.
A star player as soon as he donned Colonist blue and gold as a sophomore, Fraser helped the Colonists storm their way to the 1967 CIF championship. A threat both rushing and passing, Fraser was the first sophomore ever to be named All-CIF, an honor he would repeat his junior and senior seasons while leading Anaheim to the semi-finals each year as the team’s quarterback. He was also named Orange County Offensive player of the year in 1969.
Fraser also ran varsity track for three years (his relay team set a school record of 3.25.4), played basketball for three years and played baseball intermittently throughout his life. Golf is now his sport.
For the past 34 years, Fraser has given back to his alma mater by serving as a walk-on coach. He’s also coached at Brea and Buena Park high schools, and with his son’s Little League baseball team for 13 years.
Fraser and his wife Patty (also from Class of 1970) are the parents of two sons, Scott and Joe, and one daughter, Erin. (Son Joe went on to play for the Montreal Expos organization.) The Frasers are now enjoying watching their grandson James and granddaughter Alex is participate in sports.
