Nicknamed "Big Shot"[1]: at 7'28" and "King" Fisher, he has been described as the Wally Lewis of Aboriginal Rugby league players.
[2][3] He was born 1905 in Townsville, Queensland[4] the son of Frank Fisher Sr and his wife Rosie Shilling.
[8] The English captain, Jim Brough, was reported as saying that "Fisher was the best country player the Englishmen had encountered.
"[9] On Brough's recommendation, Fisher was offered a contract to play club rugby league in Salford, England but the Queensland Government refused his application to travel under the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of Sale of Opium Act 1897 (Qld).
On one occasion, playing for the Cherbourg A Grade side against Goomeri, he struck 105 (retired) in 32 minutes including 11 sixes and 5 fours.