Winston Abraham

Infobox afl player


firstname = Winston
lastname = Abraham


| birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|10|9
birthplace = Narrogin
originalteam = Perth Football Club
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, 1 April 1995
debutteam = Fremantle
debutopponent = Richmond
debutstadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Fremantle (1995-1997)

38 games, 16 goals

Kangaroos (1998-2000)

72 games, 70 goals
coach =
coachingteams = Assistant coach at Perth Football Club
statsend = 2005
careerhighlights =

*AFL Goal of the Year 1996
*AFL Mark of the Year 1998
*Premiership side 1999
*Pre-season premiership 1998
*State of origin Western Australia

Winston Abraham (born 9 October 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer. During his AFL career he played as a half forward.

He was a member of the Fremantle Dockers inaugural squad and played in the Round 1 match against the Richmond Tigers at the MCG. He was noted for his pace and ability to kick freak goals. In 1998 he moved to the Kangaroos, winning the Mark of the Year in his first season, and played in their 1999 Premiership side.

In the first home and away game of 2001, he suffered an injury that would ultimately end his career. In a freak incident, less than a minute after he entered the ground, he ran into a stationary James Hird (who had taken a mark more than a second earlier) and on falling landed awkwardly and damaged his left knee. After injuring the knee he walked off the ground. He was delisted at the end of that season, after it became apparent that surgery to his knee had not been successful.

He was appointed assistant coach at the Perth Football Club, his original club, in 2006. [http://www.aboriginalfootball.com.au/jan06.html]

External links

*AflRleague|ref=W/Winston_Abraham.html