Abrams, Nate

Nathan Abrams

Green Bay Packers historian Larry Names credits Nate Abrams, the childhood friend of the famous Earl "Curly" Lambeau, with helping found the Packers in the late 1910s. Abrams was the son of Lithuanian Jews, and played with Lambeau in the Green Bay city league with a team called the South Side Skiddoos (Abrams was team captain). Some have hinted that anti-Semitism in Green Bay at the time prevented Abrams from taking credit for starting the Packers. While this view is controversial, it is generally recognized that without Abrams, the Packers would have later folded. In the 1920s, before Green Bay became a publicly owned team, Abrams helped the squad pay their bills.

Birth and Death Dates:
b. December 25-1897 - d. April 30, 1941

Career Highlights:
Abrams was a member of the Packers' first team in the NFL (then called the American Professional Football Association). During that initial season in 1921, the hometown hero played as an end in only one game, registering one touchdown and a single interception.

Origin:
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Career Dates:
Abrams played as an end in the NFL with Green Bay in 1921.

Physical description:
5'4", 145 pounds

Career Statistics:
In the NFL:
Games: 1
Touchdowns: 1
Interceptions: 1

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