He was drafted to serve in World War II as a member of the United States Marine Corps in 1943, and played for the University of Notre Dame while in service.
[2] He was a demolition officer with the Marines, and "blasted Japs out of Okinawa caves, leveled their bridges, changed the courses of rivers so his side could gain," wrote Al Cartwright of The News Journal.
[5] Al Cartwright wrote in The News Journal, "Abrams is this year's surprise package with the Wilmington pros.
While the Clipper officials were scurrying and shopping around for hard-wearing linemen all summer and even early in the season, Abrams just wandered into a Wilmington Park workout late in September and inquired whether or not he could try out for the team.
And when the workout was over, the Clippers had themselves a former University of Missouri captain and all-Big Seven selection protecting them in the middle of the line.