Gordon Abbott
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Australian rules footballer
| Gordon Abbott | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gordon Allen Abbott | ||
| Date of birth | (1914年09月26日)26 September 1914 | ||
| Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania | ||
| Date of death | 19 April 1986(1986年04月19日) (aged 71) | ||
| Original team(s) | Lefroy (TANFL) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1936–1938 | Geelong | 50 (27) | |
| 1941–1947 | Essendon | 83 (43) | |
| Total | 133 (70) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Gordon Allen Abbott (26 September 1914 – 19 April 1986)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
[edit ]Debuting with Geelong in 1936, Abbott spent three years with the club which included being a member of Geelong's 1937 premiership team and kicking two goals in the Grand Final. He played mostly as a Ruckman and a forward.
After a period out of the VFL he returned to the league in 1941 and joined Essendon where he would play in two further premierships, in 1942 and 1946.
Notes
[edit ]- ^ "Gordon Abbott - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
References
[edit ]- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
External links
[edit ]- Gordon Abbott's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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- Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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