- Gordon Abbott
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Gordon Abbott Personal information Birth 26 September 1914 Height and weight 185 cm / 91 kg Playing career¹ Team(s) Geelong (1936-38)
- 50 games, 27 goals
Essendon (1941-47)
- 83 games, 43 goals
Total - 133 Games, 70 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 1947 season Gordon Abbott (born 26 September 1914, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Essendon in the VFL.
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.
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Geelong Football Club 1937 VFL Premiers Geelong 18.14 (122) defeated Collingwood 12.18 (90), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Hickey Essendon Football Club 1942 VFL Premiers Essendon 19.18 (132) defeated Richmond 11.13 (79), at Princes Park Captain: 3. D. Reynolds | 1. Coward | 4. Exelby | 5. Caesar | 6. Hird | 7. Hutchison | 8. Plummer | 10. Dearle | 14. Leehane | 15. Buttsworth | 19. Cassin | 20. Torney | 21. Ruddell | 22. Lane | 25. Abbott | 28. Silk | 29. T. Reynolds | 30. Flanigan | 35. BushbyCoach: D. Reynolds Essendon Football Club 1946 VFL Premiers Essendon 22.18 (150) defeated Melbourne 13.9 (87), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Captain: 3. Reynolds | 1. Tonkes | 2. Rawle | 5. H. Lambert | 6. Hassell | 7. Hutchison | 13. Harper | 14. C. Lambert | 15. Buttsworth | 18. Gardiner | 19. Cassin | 20. Pearson | 21. Ruddell | 22. Lane | 23. Brittingham | 24. Jones | 25. Abbott | 31. McClure | 32. Equid | 35. BushbyCoach: Reynolds Categories:- 1914 births
- Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
- Essendon Football Club players
- Geelong Football Club players
- Lefroy Football Club players
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