Cleveland Leigh Abbott (1892 - 1955)

Born 19 Dec 1892 in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Harriett (Scott) Abbott — married 15 Oct 1917 in Polk, Iowa, United States

Died 14 Apr 1955 at age 62 in Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Cleve Abbott is Notable.

Cleveland Abbott was an American football player, coach, and educator. He was the head coach of the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers football team from 1923 to 1954.

Accomplishments

• Abbott earned 16 athletic letters in every sport available at Watertown High School and 14 at what is now South Dakota State University.
• Abbott was recognized as an officer in the WW1 Buffalo Soldiers (1917-1919)
• Hired by Booker T. Washington, he helped to establish the sports program at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
• Football coach for the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers located in Tuskegee, Alabama, and he held that position for 32 seasons, from 1923 until 1954.
• Coached women's track and field team at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama from 1936 to 1955. They won fourteen national championships. Women athletes he coached went to the Olympic Games, winning 2 gold medals.
• First African American member of USA Track and Field Board about 1940.
• First African American member of the US Olympic Committee in 1946.
• Abbott was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1966.
• He was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in September 2018.

Personal Life

Parents: Albert B. Abbott and Mollie Brown

Wife: Jessie Harriette Scott

Daughter: Jessie Ellen Abbott

Burial: Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Tuskegee, Alabama

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM51-MX2 : accessed 27 February 2022), Cleveland Abbott in household of Albert B Abbott, Brookings city, Brookings, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 4A, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,546.

• "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHZ-Q4Y : 18 February 2021), Cleveland Abbott; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,283,045.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJNZ-2RS : 5 September 2017), Cleve L. Abbott and Jessie Scott, 15 Oct 1917, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference pg 1, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,717.

• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V46X-H8H : 31 March 2020), Cleve Lee Abbott in entry for Jessie Ellen Abbott, 22 Jul 1918; citing Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,706.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3J7N-42M : accessed 27 February 2022), Cleve Abbott, Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 61, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 36; FHL microfilm 2,339,771.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1P7-K5F : 5 January 2021), Cleve Abbott, Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-2, sheet 4A, line 21, family 74, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 55.

• "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6JY-SXW : 30 March 2021), Cleve L. Abbott, 1955.

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHJ-Z5GC : 17 July 2018), Cleve Leigh Or Cleve L. Abbott Or Abott, 23 Apr 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22274035/cleveland-leigh-abbott : accessed 27 February 2022), memorial page for Cleveland Leigh “Cleve” Abbott (9 Dec 1892–14 Apr 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22274035, citing Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Michael Dover (contributor 46924123) .

See Also:

• Wikidata: Item Q5132180
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Abbott

• https://www.blackhillsfox.com/content/news/Black-history-lives-on-in-South-Dakota-506534921.html