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Winston Abraham
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-09-29) 29 September 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Narrogin
Original team Perth (WAFL)
Debut Round 1, 1995, Fremantle
v. Richmond, at the MCG
Career highlights
  • AFL Premiership player 1999
  • AFL Goal of the Year 1996
  • Mark of the Year 1998
  • Pre-season premiership 1998
  • State of origin Western Australia

Winston Abraham (born 29 September 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.

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

Playing statistics

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
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
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