George Abramson

George Abramson

Date of birth	(1903-05-13)May 13, 1903
Place of birth	Eveleth, Minnesota
Date of death	March 15, 1985(1985-03-15) (aged 81)
Place of death	Beverly Hills, California
Career information
Position(s)	Guard/Tackle
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg)
US college	Minnesota
Career history
As player
1925	Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American (1924)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

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.

Personal life

Abramson (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

Abramson 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

Abramson 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

Season	Team	Games	Overall FGs		PATs
		GP	Lng	FGM	XPM
1925	Green Bay Packers	10	35	2	2

References

1. "Packers.com - George Abramson". Packers.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
6. "George Abramson Statistics". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved April 27, 2008.