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Key Facts

Full name
Gordon Abbott

Known as
Gordon Abbott

Born
26 September 1914

Died
19 April 1986 (aged 71)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 219d
Last game: 32y 254d

Height and weight
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 91 kg

Senior clubs
Geelong; Glenelg; New Town; Essendon

Jumper numbers
Geelong: 7
Essendon: 25

Recruited from
Geelong (1941)

Gordon Abbott

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
GeelongV/AFL1936-193850270.5470%16.895.783
GlenelgSANFL193913151.15
New TownTANFL1940
EssendonV/AFL1941-194783430.5271%5
V/AFL1936-1938, 1941-1947133700.5371%16.895.788
SANFL193913151.15
TANFL1940
Total1936-1947146850.58

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 4,340th player to appear, 1,625th most games played, 1,545th most goals kickedGeelong: 405th player to appear, 334th most games played, 240th most goals kickedEssendon: 556th player to appear, 217th most games played, 197th most goals kicked

"Gordon Abbott, Essendon half-forward, will be custodian of the whistle tomorrow when Melbourne and Essendon Rowing Clubs meet in their annual football match. Gordon was a first-class oarsman. He stroked Derwent Club (Tasmania) crews to success in State title events and also stroked the Tasmanian eight in the 1934 King’s Cup event, but cannot compete in regatta events because he is a professional footballer."¹

Gordon Abbott was a formidable footballer who could hold down key positions at both ends of the ground. He was also a highly capable ruckman. He was at centre half forward in Geelong’s 1937 VFL premiership side and later played as a ruckman in Essendon’s triumphant 1942 and 1946 combinations. Originally from Lefroy, he spent the 1939 season with Glenelg and was captain-coach of New Town in the TANFL in 1940. Abbott was a fine all round sportsman who rowed in Tasmania’s King’s Cup crew.

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “Sporting Globe”, 30/9/44, page 3.

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.