:Jack Abbott (coach)

{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1873–1918)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jack Abbott

| image = Geo Henry Jack Abbott.png

| alt =

| caption = Abbott pictured at Dartmouth College

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|2|6}}

| birth_place = Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|6|22|1873|2|6}}

| death_place = Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.

| alma_mater = Dartmouth College (1896)

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = ?

| player_team2 = Dartmouth{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=18970515&id=tNEgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1moFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4191,3301064 |title=Lewiston Evening Journal - Google News Archive |date= |accessdate=July 31, 2012}}

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1896

| coach_team2 = Maine

| coach_sport3 = Basbeall

| coach_years4 = 1896

| coach_team4 = Maine

| overall_record = 1–3–2 (football)
5–4 (baseball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

George Henry "Jack" Abbott (February 6, 1873 – June 22, 1918) was the head coach of the University of Maine's football team in 1896 and compiled a 1–3–2 record. Also in 1896, Abbott was the head coach of the Maine Black Bears baseball team, which a 5–4 record that season.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP8SAAAAIAAJ&q=Abbott|title = Caduceus of Kappa Sigma|year = 1896}}

Abbott was a native of Manchester, New Hampshire, where he was born in 1873,{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL26-VMP|title=Person Details for George Henry Abbott, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=January 1, 2015}} and resided during his years at Dartmouth.{{cite web|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/dartmouth-college/general-catalogue-of-dartmouth-college-and-the-associated-schools-1769-1910-inc-hci/page-45-general-catalogue-of-dartmouth-college-and-the-associated-schools-1769-1910-inc-hci.shtml|title=Read the eBook General catalogue of Dartmouth College and the associated schools 1769-1910, including a historical sketch of the college by Dartmouth College online for free (page 45 of 103)|author=Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin|publisher=ebooksread.com|accessdate=January 1, 2015}} He died at Concord, New Hampshire on June 22, 1918.{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSJC-K56|title=Person Details for George H. Abbott, "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=January 1, 2015}}

Head coaching record

=Football=

{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Maine

| conf = Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1896

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1896

| name = Maine

| overall = 1–3–2

| conference = 1–3–1

| confstanding =

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Maine

| overall = 1–3–2

| confrecord = 1–3–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 1–3–2

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

=Baseball=

The following is a list of Abbott's yearly baseball head coaching records.{{cite web|title=2013 Maine Black Bears Baseball Media Guide |url=http://issuu.com/maineathletics/docs/13baseballguide?mode=window |publisher=Maine Sports Information |access-date=March 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317164113/http://issuu.com/maineathletics/docs/13baseballguide?mode=window |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |page=37 |url-status=dead }}

{{CBB yearly record start | type = coach }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Maine

| conference= no

| startyear = 1896

| endyear = single

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| season = 1896

| name = Maine

| overall = 5–4

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall = 5–4

| legend = no

}}

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