Career
Among the players who competed for the Lizzies were Lionel Conacher, Nig Eisen, Goody Rosen and Alex Levinsky. In September 1929, Abate was charged with criminal negligence when a car he was said to have been driving near Bowmanville, Ontario crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle. Abate initially said he was driving but later said that one of the boys killed in the accident had been behind the wheel.
In November, Abate was found guilty of doing grievous bodily harm, and was given a $1,000 fine.
His driver"s license was suspended for six months. Abate was inducted into Canada"s Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.
He died in Kitchener, Ontario in 1981 at age 87. In 1990, the Elizabeth Recreation Centre in Toronto was renamed the Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre.
