Born March 10, 1904, Mountaindale, N.Y. Died June 11, 1979.

One of the top journalists in the history of track and field, Jesse Abramson was best known as the long-time track and field writer with the now defunct New York Herald Tribune. Abramson covered the 1928 Olympic Games and attended every Olympic Games until 1976, reporting the event with a candidness and accuracy that was a model for fellow journalists. After the newspaper folded in 1966, Abramson directed the U.S. Olympic Invitational indoor meet and served in that capacity until his death. A sports reporter for 56 years, he was the founder and long-time president of the New York Track Writers but he also was a skilled reporter in boxing and college football, receiving numerous awards from all three sports during his career.