Dick Abikhair | |
Fullname: | Richard Abikhair |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1914 |
Birth Place: | Rushworth, Victoria |
Death Place: | Arden St Oval, North Melbourne |
Originalteam: | Rushworth |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 79 kg |
Statsend: | 1945 |
Years1: | 1934–1938 |
Club1: | Hawthorn |
Games Goals1: | 60 (10) |
Years2: | 1939-1940 |
Club2: | Camberwell |
Years3: | 1941–1945 |
Club3: | North Melbourne |
Games Goals3: | 60 (2) |
Games Goalstotal: | 120 (12) |
Richard 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.
Abikhair was captain-coach of Casterton Football Club[2] when they defeated Hamilton to win the 1939 Western District Football League grand final.[3]
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.[4] League secretary W. H. Linnington also received similar threats to his Brunswick home. Police patrolled the area and nothing materialised of the threats.