Fred K. Abel (July 17, 1903 – August 2, 1980) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

blocking back who played one season with the

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of the

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(NFL). He played college football at

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. As quarterback for the Huskies in the 1924 Rose Bowl Abel threw a game-tying touchdown that settled the final score at 14–14. Abel attended Montesano High School in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abel, Fred 1903 births 1980 deaths Players of American football from Nebraska American football quarterbacks American football fullbacks Washington Huskies football players Milwaukee Badgers players Sportspeople from Lincoln, Nebraska