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Key Facts

Full name
Leslie Pearce Abbott

Known as
Les Abbott

Born
9 June 1885

Place of birth
Collingwood, VIC (3066)

Died
28 September 1947 (aged 62)

Place of death
Coburg, VIC (3058)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 19y 16d
Last game: 27y 69d

Height and weight
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Senior clubs
Collingwood; Carlton; Port Melbourne; Brunswick; North Melbourne; Richmond; Melbourne; South Melbourne

Jumper numbers
Melbourne: 26
South Melbourne: 26

Recruited from
Fitzroy Districts (1904); Carlton (1905); Collingwood (1905); Port Melbourne (1906); Brunswick (1909); North Melbourne (1910); Richmond (1912); Melbourne (1912); South Melbourne (1913)

State of origin
VIC

Family links
Clarrie Abbott (Brother)

Les Abbott

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
CollingwoodV/AFL1904100.00100%———0
Port MelbourneVFA1905————————
CarltonV/AFL1905100.000%———0
BrunswickVFA1906-1909————————
North MelbourneVFA1909, 1913————————
RichmondV/AFL1910-19113100.0039%———0
South MelbourneV/AFL1912300.00100%———0
MelbourneV/AFL1912300.000%———0
V/AFL1904-1905, 1910-19123900.0041%———0
VFA1905-1909, 1913————————
Total1904-19133900.00—————

AFL: 969th player to appear, 4,910th most games played, 10,169th most goals kickedCollingwood: 102nd player to appear, 1,105th most games played, 919th most goals kickedCarlton: 184th player to appear, 1,147th most games played, 983rd most goals kickedRichmond: 67th player to appear, 419th most games played, 898th most goals kickedMelbourne: 262nd player to appear, 1,060th most games played, 1,111th most goals kickedSouth Melbourne: 245th player to appear, 1,138th most games played, 1,145th most goals kicked

The first player, and still one of only three, to play for five VFL clubs (the others being Les Hughson and Dale Kickett), Les Abbott also turned out for no less than three VFA clubs, Brunswick, North Melbourne and Port Melbourne. A full back who struggled to nail down a place in the team at Carlton, Port Melbourne and Collingwood in his early days, he established himself as a regular at Brunswick and was a member of Pottery Workers' 1909 premiership side.

Abbott later had two solid seasons with Richmond, before playing three games each for Melbourne and South Melbourne in 1912.

Author - Andrew Gigacz

Sources

Encyclopedia of Australian Footballers - Holmesby and Main, Trove

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Footnotes

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