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| - Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Abbatticchio was among the first wave of professional football players. He began his professional football career with the Latrobe Athletic Association in 1895, where he starred as a fullback and kicker. In 1896, Abbatticchio kicked a 23-yard kicked field goal to help give Latrobe a 5-0 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers. After their season ended, Abbatticchio and several Latrobe players such as John Brallier and Harry Ryan traveled to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and played for that town's local team against a team from DuBois. The game lasted only 12 minutes before a riot ended play with Punxsutawney leading, 12-0. In 1897, Abbatticchio reportedly kicked several field goals against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, which resulted in a in a 47-0 Latrobe win,
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| - Born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Abbatticchio was among the first wave of professional football players. He began his professional football career with the Latrobe Athletic Association in 1895, where he starred as a fullback and kicker. In 1896, Abbatticchio kicked a 23-yard kicked field goal to help give Latrobe a 5-0 win over the West Virginia Mountaineers. After their season ended, Abbatticchio and several Latrobe players such as John Brallier and Harry Ryan traveled to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and played for that town's local team against a team from DuBois. The game lasted only 12 minutes before a riot ended play with Punxsutawney leading, 12-0. In 1897, Abbatticchio reportedly kicked several field goals against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, which resulted in a in a 47-0 Latrobe win, and the worst defeat in the Pittsburgh Athletic Club team's history. At the season's end, a Pittsburgh-base football expert picked an all-western Pennsylvania team from among the area's amateur, professional, and college teams. Abbatticchio and two other Latrobe players, tackle Harry Ryan and end Walter Okeson, were choosen to the team. On November 30, 1899, during a Thanksgiving Day game against Indiana Normal School (today Indiana University of Pennsylvania), Abbaticchio was noted for his runs in a 35-0 Latrobe win. In 1900, in a two-game series against the Greensburg Athletic Association, he was credited for a 23-yard game-winning field goal kick in the first game. Meanwhile in the second game, Abbatticchio kicked 12-yard field goal, scored a touchdown, and kicked a goal after, in a 11-0 Latrobe win. He is credited by Fielding H. Yost with developing the first spiral punt, enabling the ball to travel farther. Abbey was paid $50 a game for Latrobe
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