Les Abbott (rugby league)
{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer and administrator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2019}}
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|name = Les Abbott
|image = File:Les_Abbott._St.George_1936.jpg
|caption = Les Abbott. St.George,1936
|fullname = {{nowrap|Leslie Frederick Abbott}}
|birth_date = 12 November 1915
|birth_place = Newtown, New South Wales
|death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|12|1915|11|12}}
|death_place = Lithgow, New South Wales
|retired = yes
|position = {{Rlp|WG}}
|club1 = St. George
|year1start = 1936
|year1end = 37
|appearances1 = 16
|tries1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 6
|updated = 03 September 2019
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| relatives = Cecil Abbott (brother)
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Leslie Frederick 'Bunny' Abbott OAM (1915–2011) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s.
Career
Les "Bunny' Abbott was graded in 1935 in Third Grade. The following season he played every First Grade season game and looked to have a long future with St. George,The Propeller (Hurstville) ST. George Team List 1936 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/235634903?searchTerm=%22l.abbott%22%20%22st.george%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=193|||l-year=1936 unfortunately in the 1937 season, he was dogged with injury and he retired. He was later to help organise and establish rugby league in Lithgow, New South Wales at the St. Pat's Club. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. {{ISBN|1875169571}}
Honours
Abbott was awarded the Medal of the Order Of Australia (OAM) in 2008 for his service to the community of Lithgow, New South Wales, particularly in Rugby League Football as a player, coach, referee, official and timekeeper. ORDER OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1137558
Abbott was the elder brother of the ex-NSW Police Commissioner Cec Abbott.
Death
'Bunny' Abbott died on 12 June 2011 at Lithgow District Hospital. Age 95.Weekly Times 16/6/2001 (Death notice) Leslie Frederick Abbott https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/tributes/notice/3321734/
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Category:Rugby league players from Sydney
Category:St. George Dragons players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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