Sport(s) Football Positions Guard, Linebacker | 1960–1966 Maine (assistant) Name Walter (American 1955–1957 Maine 1994–1995 Maine (interim AD) | |
Born 1936/1937 (age 78–79)Rumford, Maine |
Walter H. Abbott is a former American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1967 through 1975, compiling a record of a 27–53. His Maine Black Bears football team won a share of Yankee Conference championship in 1974. Abbott served two stints as interim athletic director at Maine, from 1991 to 1992 and again from 1994 to 1995. He also was a member of the university's faculty until his retirement in 2010.
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