Abe Yager (Sports editor. Born, Brooklyn, NY, July 13, 1870; died, Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 22, 1930.) As first sports editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, Abe Yager created the paper’s sports section. Yager, who was to spend his entire 45-year working career with the Eagle, was hired in 1885. Shortly thereafter, he began handling the small [...]
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