Winston Abraham

Winston Abraham
Personal information
Date of birth	9 October 1974
Place of birth	Narrogin
Original team(s)	Perth (WAFL)
Debut	Round 1, 1995, Fremantle v. Richmond, at the MCG
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–1997 1998–2001 Total -	Fremantle Kangaroos	038 0(55) 072 (104) 110 (159)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001 season.
Career highlights
AFL Goal of the Year 1996 AFL Mark of the Year 1998 Premiership side 1999 Pre-season premiership 1998 State of origin Western Australia

Winston Abraham (born 9 October 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer. During his AFL career he played as a half forward.

Early career

Abraham played in the Western Australian Sunday Football League for Thornlie and Kelmscott. He then played for Perth in the West Australian Football League, playing only 8 games before being recruited by the Fremantle Football Club

AFL

He was a member of the Fremantle Dockers inaugural squad and played in the Round 1 match against the Richmond Tigers at the MCG. He was noted for his pace and ability to kick freak goals. In 1998 he moved to the Kangaroos, winning the Mark of the Year in his first season, and played in their 1999 Premiership side.

In the first home and away game of 2001, he suffered an injury that would ultimately end his career. In a freak incident, less than a minute after he entered the ground, he ran into a stationary James Hird (who had taken a mark more than a second earlier) and on falling landed awkwardly and damaged his left knee. After injuring the knee he walked off the ground. He was delisted at the end of that season, after it became apparent that surgery to his knee had not been successful.

Coaching

He was assistant coach at the Perth Football Club, his original club, in 2006.^[1]

In 2008 Abraham was coach of Western Australian Sunday Football League team Kelmscott.

Playing Statistics

^[2]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1995	Fremantle	15	12	23	12	86	34	120	29	22	1.9	1.0	7.2	2.8	10.0	2.4	1.8
1996	Fremantle	15	13	16	19	125	33	158	44	35	1.2	1.5	9.6	2.5	12.2	3.4	2.7
1997	Fremantle	15	13	16	13	93	37	130	29	14	1.2	1.0	7.2	2.8	10.0	2.2	1.1
1998	North Melbourne	15	25	40	30	234	105	339	56	48	1.6	1.2	9.4	4.2	13.6	2.2	1.9
1999	Kangaroos	15	23	37	23	186	102	288	56	28	1.6	1.0	8.1	4.4	12.5	2.4	1.2
2000	Kangaroos	15	23	27	17	166	86	252	51	37	1.2	0.7	7.2	3.7	11.0	2.2	1.6
2001	Kangaroos	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career			110	159	114	890	397	1287	265	184	1.4	1.0	8.1	3.6	11.7	2.4	1.7

References

1. Aboriginal Football - Jan. 06
2. Winston Abraham's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

• Winston Abraham's statistics from AFL Tables