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{{short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|9|29}}
| birth_place = [[Narrogin]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Perth Football Club|Perth]] ([[West Australian Football League|WAFL]])
| debutdate = Round 1, 1995
| debutteam = [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]
| debutopponent = [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| debutstadium = the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| height = <!-- ### cm -->
| weight = <!-- ### kg -->
| position = 
| statsend = 2001
| years1 = 1995–1997
| club1 = [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}38 {{0}}(55)
| years2 = 1998–2001
| club2 = [[Kangaroos Football Club|Kangaroos]]
| games_goals2 = {{0}}72 (104)
| games_goalstotal = 110 (159)
| careerhighlights = *[[AFL Premiership]] player [[1999 AFL Grand Final|1999]]
*[[Mark of the Year]] 1998
*[[1998 Ansett Australia Cup|Pre-season premiership]] 1998
*[[Interstate matches in Australian rules football#State of origin|State of origin]] Western Australia
}}

'''Winston Abraham''' (born 29 September 1974) is an [[Australian rules football]]er. During his [[Australian Football League|AFL]] career he played as a [[Half-forward line|half forward]].

==Early career==
Abraham played in the Western Australian [[Sunday Football League (1984–2008)|Sunday Football League]] for Thornlie and Kelmscott. He then played for Perth in the [[West Australian Football League]], playing only 8 games before being recruited by the [[Fremantle Football Club]]

==AFL==
He was a member of the [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle Dockers]] inaugural squad and played in the Round 1 match against the [[Richmond Tigers]] at the [[MCG]]. He was noted for his pace and ability to kick freak goals. In 1998, he moved to the [[Kangaroos FC|Kangaroos]], winning the [[Mark of the Year]] in his first season, and played in their [[1999 AFL season|1999]] Premiership side.

In the first home and away game of [[2001 AFL season|2001]], he suffered an injury that would ultimately end his career. In a freak incident, less than a minute after he entered the ground, he ran into a stationary [[James Hird]] (who had taken a mark more than a second earlier) and on falling landed awkwardly and damaged his left [[anterior cruciate ligament|knee]]. After injuring the knee, he walked off the ground. He was delisted at the end of that season, after it became apparent that surgery to his knee had not been successful.

==Coaching==
He was assistant coach at the [[Perth Football Club]], his original club, in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aboriginalfootball.com.au/jan06.html |title=Aboriginal Football – January 2006 |access-date=8 June 2006 |archive-date=16 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016114547/http://aboriginalfootball.com.au/jan06.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2008, Abraham was coach of [[Western Australia]]n [[Sunday Football League (1984–2008)|Sunday Football League]] team Kelmscott.

==Playing statistics==
<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/W/Winston_Abraham.html Winston Abraham's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>

{{AFL player statistics legend}}

{{AFL player statistics start}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 15 || 12 || 23 || 12 || 86 || 34 || 120 || 29 || 22 || 1.9 || 1.0 || 7.2 || 2.8 || 10.0 || 2.4 || 1.8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 15 || 13 || 16 || 19 || 125 || 33 || 158 || 44 || 35 || 1.2 || 1.5 || 9.6 || 2.5 || 12.2 || 3.4 || 2.7
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Fre}}
| 15 || 13 || 16 || 13 || 93 || 37 || 130 || 29 || 14 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 7.2 || 2.8 || 10.0 || 2.2 || 1.1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL NM}}
| 15 || 25 || 40 || 30 || 234 || 105 || 339 || 56 || 48 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 9.4 || 4.2 || 13.6 || 2.2 || 1.9
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Kan}}
| 15 || 23 || 37 || 23 || 186 || 102 || 288 || 56 || 28 || 1.6 || 1.0 || 8.1 || 4.4 || 12.5 || 2.4 || 1.2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2000 AFL season|2000]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Kan}}
| 15 || 23 || 27 || 17 || 166 || 86 || 252 || 51 || 37 || 1.2 || 0.7 || 7.2 || 3.7 || 11.0 || 2.2 || 1.6
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 AFL season|2001]]
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Kan}}
| 15 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 110
! 159
! 114
! 890
! 397
! 1287
! 265
! 184
! 1.4
! 1.0
! 8.1
! 3.6
! 11.7
! 2.4
! 1.7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{AFL Tables}}
*{{AustralianFootball}}
*{{WAFL FootyFacts}}

{{Fremantle Football Club inaugural team}}
{{1999 Kangaroos premiership players}}
{{Alex Jesaulenko Medal}}
{{1998 Western Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1994 AFL national draft}}

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