Erwin Leonard Guy Abel

{{Short description|New Zealand businessman, athlete, and racehorse owner}}

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Erwin Leonard Guy Abel (23 October 1911 – 1 May 1995) was a New Zealand grocer, businessman, athlete and racehorse owner. He was born in Ohakune, Ruapehu District, New Zealand on 23 October 1911.{{DNZB|title=Erwin Leonard Guy Abel|first= Lynette J.|last= Williams|id=5a1|accessdate=23 April 2017}} Abel opened New Zealand's first shopping mall, The Big A Plaza, at Glenview, Hamilton in October 1969.{{cite web |url=http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=41793 |title=Object 41793 Detail |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=28 June 2018}}