Walter Abbott may refer to: Walter Abbott (American football) (born 1936), American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and university professor Walter Abbott (footballer, born 1877) (1877–1941), English footballer for Small Heath, Everton, Burnley and England Walter Abbott (footballer, born 1899) (1899 – after 1921), his son, English footballer for Grimsby Town Walter Sidney Abbott (1879–1942), American entomologist Walter P. Abbott (1887–1967), American newspaper owner and politician