For the American screenwriter, see Scott Abbott (screenwriter).
Scott Abbott
Born
Charles Scott Abbott
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education
Bishop's College School, McGill University, University of Tennessee, master’s degree, journalism, 1978[1][2]
Occupation(s)
Sports journalist Board game inventor Racehorse owner
Known for
Trivial Pursuit Owner of the North Bay Battalion franchise
Charles Scott Abbott is the co-inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit along with Chris Haney.[3][4][5][6][7] Abbott is the owner of the North Bay Battalion hockey team of the Ontario Hockey League.[8][9][10][11][12][13] For his work in building this hockey club, he was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[14]
Born in Montreal, Quebec,[1] Abbott was a sports journalist for Canadian Press before creating Trivial Pursuit.[15] After his success in board games, he acquired a taste for horse racing. He named one of his star horses, Charlie Barley, after his son Charlie, who was of a similar age to the horse.[16] He owns C. Scott Abbott Racing Stable Ltd.[17] Its horse Smart Sky finished seventh in the 2010 Queen's Plate.[18][19][20]
^ ab"Quickfacts about Brampton Battalion owner Scott Abbott". The Mississauga News. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"9 People You Didn't Know Have a UT Connection". utk.edu. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^Hasbro. "Hasbro Board Games - Hasbro Games - Hasbro Gaming". trivialpursuit.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"The History of Trivial Pursuit". About.com Inventors. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Trivial Pursuit's co-inventor never outpaced his demons". The Globe and Mail. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Trivial Pursuit: 10 facts about the game". The Daily Telegraph. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^Curtis, Bryan (14 April 2005). "The decline of Trivial Pursuit". Slate. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Battalion owner Scott Abbott glad relocation hasn't been messy; now the hard work begins in North Bay". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Two teams, two dreams". Toronto Star. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"North Bay". North Bay Nugget. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"North Bay Fans Cheer On The Battalion". 101.9 The Fox. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"OHL's Brampton Battalion move to North Bay approved". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"The Official North Bay Battalion Website". North Bay Battalion. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^Scott Abbott's Page in the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame Archived May 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^"Trivial Pursuit co-creator dies at 59 - CTV News". CTV News. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Just trivial for Charley Barley". Montreal Gazette. Montreal. May 29, 1990.
^"NHL returnees add spark". The London Free Press. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^The 2010 Queen's Plate at Woodbine Entertainment Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
^"Nothing trivial in this pursuit". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^"Smart Sky Horse Pedigree". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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