[1] He was a son of England international footballer Walter Abbott.
[2] Abbott made five appearances for Second Division club Grimsby Town in the 1919–20 season.
He failed to score for the first team,[3] but succeeded for the reserves, playing in the Midland League.
[1] His next club was Worcester City, for whom he scored eight Birmingham & District League goals and one in the FA Cup in the first half of the 1921–22 season,[5] He followed this with spells at several more clubs in the Midlands: Redditch, Oakengates Town, Tamworth Castle and Stewart Street Old Boys.
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