Desmond Abbott (born 10 January 1986 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is an Australian field hockey midfield/striker.

He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, having made his debut on 28 January 2007.

[8] In January 2005, he was a member of Australia's U21 national team and played in a five-game test series against Malaysia in Brisbane.

[9] In June 2005, he was one of five Northern Territory players to represent Australia on the U21 team at the World Cup.

[2][13] He was a member of the 2009 Champions Trophy winning team, playing in the gold medal match against Germany that Australia won by a score of 5–3.

[18] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad.

[3] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.

[4] He was nominated as the International Hockey Federation 2008 Young Men's Player of the Year, where he finished second.