[2][3] According to the Canadian Online Explorer's Greg Oliver, there is debate regarding Kelmer's debut in professional wrestling.

In 1929, local promoter Rudy Miller offered Coleman $25 (equivalent to $440 in 2023) to wrestle after seeing him work out in a Brooklyn gym.

[3] Despite this, an "Abe Coleman" wrestled to a draw with George Deslonchamps on March 19, 1928, at Madison Square Garden, but it is unknown if it was Kelmer or another wrestler with the same ring name.

[3] Credited for inventing the dropkick, Coleman claims his inspiration to create the move came from kangaroos he observed while on a tour of Australia in 1930.

[2] In his final years, Kelmer, primarily using a wheelchair, lived at the Meadow Park Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Flushing, New York.