- Owen Abrahams
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Owen Abrahams Personal information Birth 25 July 1933 Recruited from Commonwealth Bank team Death 31 January 2006 (aged 72), Playing career¹ Debut 29 May 1954 (Round 7), Fitzroy v.
Essendon, at Windy HillTeam(s) Fitzroy (1954–1962)
132 games, 232 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season Career highlights - Fitzroy leading goalkicker 1957, 1961
- Fitzroy captain 1962
- Victorian state representative 9 times
Owen Abrahams (25 July 1933 – 31 January 2006) was a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.
Abrahams' football career did not start well after he was rejected by Fitzroy's thirds team, but he moved to the amateurs where he played with the Commonwealth Bank team, from which he was selected with the Fitzroy senior team.
He made a name for himself as a specialist half-forward and was named All-Australian in 1958, played for Victoria 9 times, and was captain of the Lions in 1962.
Following his retirement he was the Lions' treasurer. He died in January 2006 of a serious illness. He was named in the Fitzroy team of the century
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Captains of the Fitzroy Football Club 1897: Cleary • 1898–1900: Sloan • 1901–1902: McSpeerin • 1903–1905: Brosnan • 1906–1907: Jenkins • 1908–1910: Sharp • 1911: McLennan • 1912: Cooper • 1913: Walker • 1914–1915: Parratt • 1916: Johnson • 1917–1918: Holden • 1919: Johnson • 1920: Parratt • 1921: Parratt/Lethbridge • 1922: Lethbridge • 1923: Rattray • 1924–1925: Atkinson • 1926: Adams • 1927: Wigraft • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Chapman • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932: Bunton/Sexton • 1933: Sexton/Moriarty • 1934: Cashman/Davies • 1935: Cameron • 1936–1937: Bunton • 1938–1941: Curcio • 1942: Hearn • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1948: Ruthven • 1949: Smith • 1950: Smith/Ruthven • 1951–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1958–1961: Gale • 1962: Abrahams • 1963–1964: Murray • 1965: Rogerson • 1966: Rogerson/Hayes • 1967–1972: Murray • 1973–1977: Murphy • 1978: Merrigan • 1979–1980: Alexander • 1981–1984: Wilson • 1985–1987: Rendell • 1988–1990: Roos • 1991: Osborne • 1992–1994: Roos • 1995–1996: BoydFitzroy Football Club • Leading Goalkickers 1897: Kiernan • 1898: Kiernan • 1899: McSpeerin • 1900: Kiernan • 1901: Brosnan • 1902: Trotter • 1903: Trotter • 1904: Trotter • 1905: Wilkinson • 1906: Trotter • 1907: Sharp • 1908: W. Johnson • 1909: Dick • 1910: Briggs • 1911: Campbell • 1912: Freake • 1913: Freake • 1914: Freake • 1915: Freake • 1916: Heaney • 1917: Freake • 1918: Freake • 1919: Merrick • 1920: Merrick • 1921: Merrick • 1922: Merrick • 1923: Freake • 1924: Moriarty • 1925: Moriarty • 1926: Moriarty • 1927: Moriarty • 1928: Moriarty • 1929: Moriarty • 1930: Chapman • 1931: Moriarty • 1932: Moriarty • 1933: Moriarty • 1934: Pye • 1935: Ryan • 1936: Bunton • 1937: Bunton • 1938: Hughson • 1939: Denning • 1940: Curtin • 1941: Curtin • 1942: Curtin • 1943: Grant • 1944: Ruthven • 1945: Ruthven • 1946: Curtin • 1947: Hart • 1948: Hart • 1949: Hart • 1950: Hart • 1951: Hart • 1952: Ongarello • 1953: Hickey • 1954: Ruthven • 1955: Johnstone • 1956: Ongarello • 1957: Abrahams • 1958: Ongarello • 1959: Wright • 1960: Wright • 1961: Abrahams • 1962: Clark • 1963: Lazarus • 1964: Rogerson • 1965: Lazarus • 1966: Lazarus • 1967: Lazarus • 1968: Searl • 1969: Searl • 1970: Ruscuklic • 1971: Murphy • 1972: Wilson • 1973: Wilson • 1974: Wall • 1975: Serafini • 1976: Murphy • 1977: Beecroft • 1978: Beecroft • 1979: Beecroft • 1980: Beecroft • 1981: Quinlan • 1982: Quinlan • 1983: Quinlan • 1984: Quinlan • 1985: Quinlan • 1986: Osborne • 1987: Osborne • 1988: Osborne • 1989: Osborne • 1990: Roos • 1991: Wheildon • 1992: Osborne • 1993: Lynch • 1994: Wheildon • 1995: C. Johnson • 1996: MellingtonCategories:- Fitzroy Football Club players
- All-Australians
- 2006 deaths
- 1933 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Australian rules biography, pre-1940 birth stubs
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