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After 45 games with
Collingwood, Fraser quit the club and was recruited by his father's former club, Essendon. He was played on the wing position but was only a depth player in his first 3 seasons at the club, and it wasn't until 1998 that he became a regular senior team member. In 1999 he continued
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for his "decision-making" but was criticised for his poor bouncing, which led to talk from coaches in the AFL looking at removing the centre bounce from the game. Fraser umpired three matches during this stint and remained on the list for 2006, but he was injured before Round 1.
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2000 was Fraser's final year, and not being able to break into the premiership winning side saw him forced into retirement after 65 games with the
Bombers, for a career total of 110.
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player since the 1950s to also officiate as a field umpire in the AFL when he was selected to umpire the match between the
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Fraser pursued a career in umpiring following his retirement and by 2001 had umpired in the
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his good form, which included a 27-disposal haul against
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417:"Mark Fraser to head match review panel"
346:"Umpire Fraser readies for the big time"
19:For other people named Mark Fraser, see
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364:"Player/Umpires: Best in both worlds"
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222:(born 4 February 1971) is a former
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837:Montmorency Football Club players
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325:"Fraser whistles while he works"
847:People from the City of Banyule
344:Ker, Peter (13 February 2004).
832:Essendon Football Club players
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21:Mark Fraser (disambiguation)
284:Fraser became the first ex-
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302:AFL Match Review Panel
248:Essendon Football Club
212:AustralianFootball.com
393:Bye bye to the Bounce
244:Montmorency, Victoria
323:(28 November 2001).
39:Personal information
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812:1971 births
764:Todd Ridley
719:Steven King
687:Alan Thorpe
564:Shaun Smith
552:Jose Romero
528:Mark Fraser
522:Peter Vardy
443:Mark Fraser
378:20 February
256:Collingwood
220:Mark Fraser
90:Collingwood
34:Mark Fraser
806:Categories
770:Peter Mann
630:Tony Woods
624:Nick Hider
576:Derek Hall
558:Matt Clape
421:Herald Sun
308:References
279:Wizard Cup
208:AFL Tables
50:1971-02-04
782:Ben Allan
780:Uncontr.
774:Uncontr.
768:Uncontr.
762:Uncontr.
756:Uncontr.
750:Uncontr.
744:Uncontr.
612:Tim Darcy
582:Paul Peos
516:Ross Lyon
492:Paul Roos
304:in 2010.
250:champion
206:Sources:
164:2005–2006
144:2001–2006
102:1995–2000
85:1992–1994
396:Archived
107:Essendon
404:The Age
350:The Age
330:The Age
286:VFL/AFL
230:in the
111:65 (26)
94:45 (23)
735:Comp.
729:Comp.
723:Comp.
717:Comp.
711:Comp.
705:Comp.
228:umpire
127:League
290:Gabba
137:Games
123:Years
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