Name: Jess AbelsonBiography Builder : Multi-SportYear Inducted: 2002Date of Birth: 1882Born in: Cleveland, Ohio Jess Abelson (deceased) was born in Cleveland, Ohio before moving to Ottawa with his family in 1900. He was an outstanding early Jewish sportsman. He began playing sports at the age of 12 at the YMCA. Jess captained the senior YMCA’s…