- Abe Mickal
NFL player
DateOfBirth=July 9 ,1912
Birthplace=Talia ,Lebanon
DeathDate=death date and age|2001|09|20|1912|07|9
College=LSU
Position=Running back
DraftedYear=1936
DraftedRound=6 / Pick 53Abe "Miracle" Mickal (
July 9 ,1912 -September 20 ,2001 ) was anAmerican football player. He was named to theCollege Football Hall of Fame for his career as arunning back at LSU and went on to play in theNFL . After his sterling college football career, Abe Mickal became a physician and ultimately become a long-term chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans, next to and associated with the famous Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Dr. Mickal was instrumental in educating many Louisiana medical students and obstetricians over several decades at LSU. He retired to become Medical Education director at the Kenner Regional Medical Center (formerly St. Jude Hospital) in Kenner, Louisiana. He was a member ofLambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and is survived by his wife Lois and several children and grandchildren.
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