Texas Southern Great, NFL Player Charlie Frazier Dies at 83
He was not on the list.
Texas Southern University's track & field and professional football great Charlie Frazier passed at 83. Frazier was a native of Angleton, Texas, and starred in track star with fellow TSU great Homer Jones.
Frazier ran a 9.4 sec. 100-yard dash and 20.8 sec. 220-yard sprint at Texas Southern. The speedster teamed with Homer Jones, Barney Allen, and Lester Milburn to win the sprint medley (3:22.4), quarter-mile (41.2), and half-mile (124.4) relays at the Drake Relays in 1961.
He was incredibly fast. Frazier went undrafted in 1962 but earned a roster spot with his hometown Houston Oilers, where he played until 1968. In 1966, he caught 12 touchdowns and over 1,200 receiving yards and was voted to the 1966 AFL All-Star team. Frazier left Houston to compete with the American Football League's Boston Patriots (now New England) from 1969-70.
Despite a lack of college football experience, Frazier signed with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL) prior to the 1962 AFL season.[6] With George Blanda and Don Trull at quarterback, Frazier totaled 1,129 receiving yards and 12 touchdown receptions in the 1966 season. His 12 touchdowns were the second-most in the AFL that year, trailing only Lance Allworth's 13 touchdown receptions.[7] Frazier was named to the East's 1966 AFL All-Star team for his accomplishments. In the All-Star game, Frazier scored the game-winning touchdown on a 17-yard pass from Vito Parilli.[8]
In March 1969, the Oilers traded Frazier, Sid Blanks, Ronnie Caveness, and Larry Carwell to the Boston Patriots for Leroy Mitchell.[9] The Patriots placed Frazier on the move list in December 1970, rendering him ineligible to play for the remainder of that season. He retired with 207 receptions, 3,452 receiving yards, and 29 touchdowns
After retiring from professional football, Frazier spent several seasons coaching in the high school and college ranks. He coached at Rice University, the University of Tulsa and Texas Christian University (TCU). After spending six seasons at TCU, he returned to Houston and became a teacher and coach at Reagan High School. When he retired from teaching in 2006, he became a team ambassador for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.
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