Gordon Abbott

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Gordon Abbott
Personal information
Date of birth	26 September 1914
Debut	1936, Geelong
Height/Weight	185 cm / 91 kg
Playing career¹
Geelong (1936-38) 50 games, 27 goals Essendon (1941-47) 83 games, 43 goals Total - 133 Games, 70 Goals
¹ Playing statistics correct 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 Victorian Football League (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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Gordon Abbott's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Geelong Football Club 1937 VFL Premiers

Geelong 18.14 (122) defeated Collingwood 12.18 (90), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 18. Hickey 4. Slack 5. Evans 6. Dougherty 7. Abbott 8. Arklay 9. Hore 10. Everett 13. Coles 14. Grant 15. Mahon 16. Quinn 17. Hawking 21. Sellwood 22. Metherell 25. L. Hardiman 26. Wills 27. P. Hardiman 28. Muller

Coach: Hickey

v t e 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. Bushby

Coach: D. Reynolds

v t e 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. Bushby

Coach: Reynolds

Persondata
Name	Abbott, Gordon
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	26 September 1914
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Date of death
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