Full name Richard Abikhair Name Dick Abikhair Date of birth 7 July 1914 Died August 20, 1962 | Height/Weight 180cm / 79 kg Weight 79 kg Years Club Original team Rushworth | |
Date of death 20 August 1962(1962-08-20) (aged 48) Role Australian Rules Footballer | ||
Richard 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.
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