Fred Abel

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Fred Abel

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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
On January 6, 1924, in an article printed in the ''[[Tacoma Daily Ledger]]'' a few days after the Rose Bowl game, Abel denied that he was married to Dorothy Johnston, a 16-year-old high school girl.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/163757136/ | title=Fred Abel Denies He Is Married | work=[[The Tacoma Daily Ledger]] | date=January 6, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025 | pages=2A}} However, a few weeks later on January 22, the two were married.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/seattle-union-record/163757232/ | title=Fred Abel, U Football Star, Weds | work=[[Seattle Union Record]] | date=January 23, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} In December 1924, Abel filed for [[annulment]] after claiming he had been coerced into the marriage.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/seattle-union-record/163758035/ | title=Football Star's Wife Will Fight Annulment | work=[[Seattle Union Record]] | date=December 30, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} They had reportedly never lived together. The annulment suit was eventually denied in February 1926.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/163758117/ | title=Says Abel Took Her On Parties | work=[[The Tacoma Daily Ledger]] | date=February 17, 1926 | accessdate=23 January 2025 | pages=2}} Dorothy then filed for divorce, which was granted in April 1926.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-klamath-news/163758249/ | title=Fountain Maid Divorces Hero | work=[[The Klamath News]] | date=April 25, 1926 | accessdate=23 January 2025}}
On January 6, 1924, in an article printed in the ''[[Tacoma Daily Ledger]]'' a few days after the Rose Bowl game, Abel denied that he was married to Dorothy Johnston, a 16-year-old high school girl.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/163757136/ | title=Fred Abel Denies He Is Married | work=[[The Tacoma Daily Ledger]] | date=January 6, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025 | pages=2A}} However, a few weeks later on January 22, the two were married.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/seattle-union-record/163757232/ | title=Fred Abel, U Football Star, Weds | work=[[Seattle Union Record]] | date=January 23, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} In December 1924, Abel filed for [[annulment]] after claiming he had been coerced into the marriage.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/seattle-union-record/163758035/ | title=Football Star's Wife Will Fight Annulment | work=[[Seattle Union Record]] | date=December 30, 1924 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} They had reportedly never lived together. The annulment suit was eventually denied in February 1926.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/163758117/ | title=Says Abel Took Her On Parties | work=[[The Tacoma Daily Ledger]] | date=February 17, 1926 | accessdate=23 January 2025 | pages=2}} Dorothy then filed for divorce, which was granted in April 1926.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-klamath-news/163758249/ | title=Fountain Maid Divorces Hero | work=[[The Klamath News]] | date=April 25, 1926 | accessdate=23 January 2025}}


Abel attended the [[University of Michigan Law School]]. He died on August 2, 1980, in [[Port Townsend, Washington]].
Abel attended the [[University of Michigan Law School]]. He died on August 2, 1980, in [[Port Townsend, Washington]].
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[[Category:People from Lincoln County, Kansas]]
[[Category:People from Lincoln County, Kansas]]
[[Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni]]
[[Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
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