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Key Facts

Full name
Owen Abrahams

Known as
Owen Abrahams

Born
25 July 1933

Died
31 January 2006 (aged 72)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 308d
Last game: 29y 31d

Height and weight
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 83 kg

Senior clubs
Fitzroy

Jumper numbers
Fitzroy: 16

Owen Abrahams

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
FitzroyV/AFL1954-19621322321.7646%11.67—4.0026
Total1954-19621322321.7646%11.67—4.0026

Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only

AFL: 6,459th player to appear, 1,673rd most games played, 324th most goals kickedFitzroy: 703rd player to appear, 61st most games played, 15th most goals kicked

Fitzroy has its eyes on Owen Abrahams, Commonwealth Bank full forward, who kicked four goals for his side on Saturday. Former A.N.F.C. and club secretary, Mr. Percy Mitchell, who saw Abrahams play, said: “He is not yet a John Coleman, but he should be a most useful player and could develop.”¹

Half forward flank specialist Owen Abrahams overcame the disappointment of being rejected by Fitzroy’s Thirds to return to the club a few years later and eke out a career for himself as one of the most audaciously talented players of his era. Quick, wily and extremely skilful, he played a total of 132 VFL games for the Roys between 1954 and 1962, kicking 232 goals. Along with club mate Kevin Murray he was awarded an All Australian blazer after the 1958 Melbourne carnival, making them the first pair of Fitzroy footballers to be so honoured. Abrahams also topped his club’s goal kicking list in both 1957 (31 goals) and 1961 (32).

Author - John Devaney

Footnotes

1. “The Argus”, 25/5/54, page 15.

Sources

Full Points Footy Publications

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Footnotes

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