George N. Abramson (May 13, 1903 – March 15, 1985) was a guard, tackle, and kicker in the National Football League who played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Green Bay Packers.[1] He was born in Eveleth, Minnesota.
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| Date of birth | May 13, 1903 |
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| Place of birth | Eveleth, Minnesota |
| Date of death | March 15, 1985 (aged 81) |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills, California |
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| Position(s) | Guard/Tackle |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| US college | Minnesota |
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| 1925 | Green Bay Packers |
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| Career stats | |
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Personal life
editAbramson (known as George Abrahamson in his childhood) was born in Eveleth, Minnesota, spent his childhood in Aurora, MN, and graduated from Aurora High School in 1919. He moved to Virginia with his family in 1920. After that he started a furniture business where he had 3 stores around Illinois and retired to the Bay Area in 1964.
Abramson was Jewish and was said to speak Yiddish with a Jewish teammate on the field during games in college.[2] He was cousins with Arthur Naftalin, the first Jewish mayor of Minneapolis.[3]
After his football career, he moved to Kewanee, Illinois and then to California. He died in 1985.
College career
editAbramson played for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. During the 1922 and 1923 seasons, he was named as an honorable mention to the Walter Camp All-American team.[4] In 1924, he was named second-team All-American and first-team All-Western Conference.
At Minnesota, Abramson was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.[5]
Professional career
editAbramson played 10 games for the Green Bay Packers, where he's recorded as having made two field goals and two extra points. He attempted and made the first fair catch kick in NFL history.[6]
Professional stats
edit| Season | Team | Games | Overall FGs | PATs | |
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| GP | Lng | FGM | XPM | ||
| 1925 | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 35 | 2 | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Packers.com - George Abramson". Packers.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "George Abramson Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved April 27, 2008.