Dick Abikhair

Dick Abikhair
Personal information
Full name	Richard Abikhair
Date of birth	7 July 1914
Date of death	20 August 1962 (aged 48)
Place of death	Arden St Oval, North Melbourne
Original team(s)	Rushworth
Height / weight	180cm / 79 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1934–1938 1941–1945 Total	Hawthorn North Melbourne	060 (10) 060 0(2) 120 (12)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945.

Richard "Dick" Abikhair (7 July 1914 – 20 August 1962)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and North Melbourne. Of Lebanese descent, Abikhair usually played as a rover or in the back pocket. His career was partially shortened by the declaration of World War II .

Following his playing career, Abikhair began coaching at the amateur level. While coaching the Carlton Rovers in the Sunday Amateur Football League he received a bomb threat to his Clifton Hill home.^[2] League secretary W. H. Linnington also received similar threats to his Brunswick home. Police patrolled the area and nothing materialised of the threats.

References

1. "Dick Abikhair - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. "Police patrols watch homes". The Argus. 31 July 1953.

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Dick Abikhair's statistics from AFL Tables