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Jesse P. Abramson (March 3, 1904 – June 11, 1979) was an American sports writer.


Biography

Abramson was the founder of the New York Track Writers Association. Jesse Abramson Award is named after him. Between 1924 and 1964, Abramson wrote for the ''
New York Herald Tribune The ''New York Herald Tribune'' was a newspaper published between 1924 and 1966. It was created in 1924 when Ogden Mills Reid of the '' New York Tribune'' acquired the '' New York Herald''. It was regarded as a "writer's newspaper" and compet ...
''. In 1976, he was a press liaison for the Olympic Committee of the United States.


Works

* ''Famous Sports Moments'', Associated Features (New York, NY), 1958. * ''Contributor to Best Sports Stories'', Dutton


Recognition

* International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame * Grantland Rice Award of the Sportsmen Brotherhood * James J. Walker Award * New York Track Writers Association Award * Nat Fleischer Award for Excellence in Boxing Journalism *
National Track and Field Hall of Fame National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...


References


Further reading

* ''Dictionary of Literary Biography'', Volume 241: American Sportswriters and Writers on Sport, Gale (Detroit, MI), 2001. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abramson, Jesse 1904 births 1979 deaths American sportswriters International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees New York Herald Tribune people