Angus Abbey

Angus Abbey
Personal information
Date of birth	(1925-11-15)15 November 1925
Original team(s)	Waratah (FDFL)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1949–1954	Footscray	78 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Career highlights
Premiership player, 1954 Best clubman award, 1954

Angus Abbey (born 15 November 1925) was an Australian rules football player. He played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL), mainly as a defender. He was twentieth man in Footscray's 1954 premiership team (which remains its one and only premiership to date). He played his only junior football year with Waratah in the Footscray District League. His playing measurements were 180 cm and 82.5 kg, which are identical to those of his son Ross who also played for Footscray from 1971 to 1981. He retired from VFL football in 1954, having played 78 games.

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2002) The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers, Crown Content, Melbourne.

Footscray Football Club 1954 VFL premiers

Footscray 15.12 (102) defeated Melbourne 7.9 (51), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Kerr 2. Collins 3. Whitten 5. Box 6. Sutton (c) 7. Duffy 9. Ross 11. Edwards 17. Stockman 18. Bryden 19. Martin 22. Donald 24. Gallagher 25. Henderson 26. Nuttall 28. Reynolds 30. Abbey 32. Stevens 33. McCarthy 34. Gilmore

Coach: Sutton

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