George Abramson
{{Short description|American football player (1903–1985)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = George Abramson
| image = George Abramson.png
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| number = 12
| position = Guard
Placekicker
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|5|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|03|15|1903|05|13}}
| death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 198
| high_school = Virginia
(Virginia, Minnesota)
| college = Minnesota (1921–1924)
| pastteams =
- Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1925}})
| highlights =
- Second-team All-American (1924)
- First-team All-Big Ten (1924)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 10
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 5
| statlabel3 = Points scored
| statvalue3 = 8
| pfr = A/AbraGe20
}}
George N. Abramson (May 13, 1903 – March 15, 1985) was an American professional football guard and placekicker who played for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|title=Packers.com - George Abramson |work=Packers.com |url=http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/players/ |accessdate=April 27, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420053011/http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/players/ |archivedate=April 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }} He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Personal life
Abramson (known as George Abrahamson in his childhood) was born in Eveleth, Minnesota, spent his childhood in Aurora, Minnesota, and graduated from Aurora High School in 1919. He moved to Virginia, Minnesota 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=93 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-14 |archive-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225020449/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=93 |url-status=dead }} He was cousins with Arthur Naftalin, the first Jewish mayor of Minneapolis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ironrangejewishheritage.org/gallery-documents/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletters/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletter_Nov-2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805171118/http://ironrangejewishheritage.org/gallery-documents/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletters/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletter_Nov-2009.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-05 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=93 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-14 |archive-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225020449/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=93 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ironrangejewishheritage.org/gallery-documents/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletters/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletter_Nov-2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805171118/http://ironrangejewishheritage.org/gallery-documents/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletters/Bnai_Abraham_Newsletter_Nov-2009.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-05 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite web | title = George Abramson Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AbraGe20.htm | accessdate = April 27, 2008 }}
Professional stats
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! rowspan=2|Season !! rowspan=2|Team !!|Games !! colspan=2|Overall FGs !! colspan=1|PATs | |||
| GP | Lng | FGM | XPM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Green Bay Packers
| 10 || 35 || 2 || 2 |