Wayne Frazier

"William Frazier" redirects here. For other uses, see William Frazier (disambiguation).

Wayne Frazier

Date of birth	(1939-03-05) March 5, 1939
Place of birth	Evergreen, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death	March 11, 2012(2012-03-11)
Place of death	Brewton, Alabama, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Center
Uniform number	56, 66, 51
College	Auburn
AFL draft	1962 / Round: 32 / Pick: 256
NFL draft	1961 / Round: 16 / Pick: 216 (By the Chicago Bears)
Career history
As player
(1962)	AFL San Diego Chargers
(1965)	AFL Houston Oilers
(1966)	AFL Buffalo Bills
(1966–1967)	AFL Kansas City Chiefs
Career stats
Games played	48
Games started	?
Fumble recoveries	1
Playing stats at NFL.com

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. He was buried at Brownville Memorial Cemetery in Evergreen, Alabama.

See also

• Other American Football League players

External links

• Wayne Frazier at Find a Grave