Dick Abikhair

Dick Abikhair
Personal information
Full name	Richard Abikhair
Date of birth	7 July 1914
Date of death
Place of death	Arden St Oval, North Melbourne
Original team(s)	Rushworth
Height/Weight	180cm / 79 kg
Playing career1
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 season.

Richard "Dick" Abikhair (7 July 1914 – 20 August 1962) 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. League secretary W. H. Linnington also received similar threats to his Brunswick home. Police patrolled the area and nothing materialised of the threats.

References

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

External links

• Dick Abikhair's statistics from AFL Tables