Gerald Abraham (American football)

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Gerald Abraham
Personal information
Born: (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 58)
Denver, Colorado
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
College: Wyoming
Position: Running back, Fullback & Wide receiver/linebacker
Undrafted: 1988
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • 1st Team All-WAC (1987)
Career Arena statistics as of 1991
Receptions:11
Receiving yards:169
Receiving touchdowns:4
Tackles:22
Interceptions:2
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Gerald Abraham (born July 4, 1965) is a former American football player who played running back & fullback professionally for the Denver Broncos, Philadelphia Eagles & Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, as well as wide receiver/linebacker for the Denver Dynamite of the Arena Football League. [1] He played college football at Wyoming [2]

At Wyoming, Abraham played fullback and running back and was Wyoming's all-time leading rusher at the time. [3]

In 1991, Abraham was named to the active roster of the Denver Dynamite. He played wide receiver/linebacker. [4]

Abraham is currently[ when? ] the program director for the Denver PAL [5]

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References

  1. "Gerald Abraham". ArenaFan. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  2. Robert Sullivan (November 9, 1987). "College Football". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  3. Chicago, T. W. (September 27, 1987). "Wyoming saves best for last". Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 fulltext), pp. 14-14.
  4. "Abraham, I'll make dynamite roster". (May 28, 1991). Denver Post (pre-1997 fulltext), pp. 2.D-2D.
  5. Adam Musto (March 23, 2012). "Denver Broncos host USA Football State Forum". USA Football Inc. Retrieved January 23, 2013.

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