1. Abraham Jerome Cohn was an American football and basketball player, coach and official.
16 Facts About Abe Cohn
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Abe Cohn played football and basketball at the University of Michigan from 1917 to 1920.
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Abe Cohn coached football and basketball at Whitworth College from 1921 to 1923 and at Spokane College from 1923 to 1925.
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Abe Cohn was an official for the Pacific Coast Conference and the supervisor of the Washington State Liquor Board's licensing bureau from 1934 to 1968.
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Abe Cohn attended Spokane's Lewis and Clark High School where he was a star football and basketball player.
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Abe Cohn was a member of the law school class of 1921.
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Abe Cohn returned to the Wolverines football team in 1920.
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Abe Cohn coached at Whitworth for two years and coached at Mead High School in the mornings.
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Abe Cohn was the head football coach at Spokane College in 1923 and 1924.
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In 1924, The Michigan Alumnus reported that Abe Cohn was affiliated with Abe Cohn Brothers Furniture, the furniture business begun by his father.
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Abe Cohn remained a partner in the furniture business until the store's closure in 1960.
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Abe Cohn served as a football and basketball official for 30 years, including approximately eight years as a football official for the Pacific Coast Conference from 1930 to 1937.
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Abe Cohn worked for many years for the Washington State Liquor Control Board.
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Abe Cohn began with a position as the assistant manager of Liquor Store No 2 in Seattle.
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Abe Cohn was the supervisor of the Liquor Board's licensing bureau from 1934 until his retirement in 1968.
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In October 1970, Abe Cohn died of a heart attack in Seattle.