Westley Abbott

{{Short description|American football coach and lawyer (1877–1941)}}

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| caption = Abbott pictured in the 1901 Virginia football team photo

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|2|25}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|6|26|1877|2|25}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| alma_mater = Yale University

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| coach_years1 = 1901

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| overall_record = 8–2

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Charles Westley Abbott (February 25, 1877 – June 26, 1941) was an American football coach and lawyer who served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia for one season in 1901, compiling a record of 8–2. He graduated from Yale University in 1899 and New York Law School in 1901, then practiced law in New York City as a firm member of Littlefield, Abbott, and Marshall. He died at his home on the Upper East Side of New York City, aged 64.{{cite news |author= |title=Charles W. Abbott; Member of Legal Firm Here Had Practiced for 40 years |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/06/28/99235581.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 28, 1941 |accessdate=February 17, 2014 }}