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Abe Attell was said to have been born Albert Knochr (more correctly Knoehr), per the Tacoma News Tribune of July 24, 1924. He was the brother of Monte Attell and Caesar Attell, and the uncle of Gilbert Attell.
After his professional boxing career ended, Attell operated a shoe store in New York City, doing a good business selling to customers, fans and sporting people who came in to see him. He gave up the shoe business circa June 1916 to go into vaudeville.
His name was linked to the infamous Black Sox baseball scandal of 1919: [1] [2]. He was alleged to have been the “bag man” for gambler Arnold Rothstein and to have given $10,000 to several Chicago White Sox players. They had in return agreed to throw the World Series with Cincinnati. When the scandal broke in 1920, Attell went to Canada for a year to avoid being subpoenaed.
