Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Abe Eliowitz

All-City and All-State football star at Western High School in 1928 and 1929. Became football and baseball star at Michigan State. Selected to various All-Star teams in 1932 and 1933; captained 1932 Spartans. Went on to star in Canadian Football League with the Ottawa Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes. Elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1969. Coached football, baseball and cross country from 1949 to 1970 at Cooley High School and from 1970 to retirement in 1975 at Redford High School. Died in 1981 at age 71. Inducted 1991