Person of the Year 2007 Ed Abramoski

Richard Smith Ed Abramoski

The 2007 Person of the year I.F. is not only a winner in the sport, he is also the Title holder of a person of prominence in life.

He is respected from Coast to Coast for his love, for the sport of racing pigeons, and his love for people in the sport. He is never to busy to help when called upon for any pigeon situation.

Eddie has had pigeons since 1948, living in Erie, Pa. his uncle Ted Rocky, was an excellent pigeon flyer in Erie and passed on his passion for racing pigeons to Eddie.

While attending Purdue University, Ed had no loft of pigeons for a short period of time. Once married to his wife pat and they purchase there first home in Buffalo New York area
Eddie returned to the sport. Ed Joined the Buffalo Club and the Buffalo Homing Pigeon Association in 1961. As a member of these organizations he held many offices. Including president of the buffalo club, as well as president, of the grand international 600 mile club. He acted as trustee of both organizations as well as liberator and race Sec. of the Association,

The premier young bird race in the buffalo area was the Chet bitka memorial race, Eddie ran the race for ten years plus, and saw it grow to a race paying out 88 prizes during his tenure.

Ed was instrumental with the buffalo association pigeon shows held during the winter months. He was one of the primer judges at this show. Eddie also served as a show judge in Erie, Cleveland, Utica, and Rockford Ill.

He has acted as auctioneer for countless auctions held by the buffalo organizations and the Erie racing pigeon club. Eddie friends in the sport read like a who who in American racing pigeon sport. These friendships have made it possible for pigeons from prominent pigeon flyers to donate pigeons to the buffalo fund raisers. Eddie him self has donated time and time again to all pre I.F. convention fund raisers to support the convention. His birds are always sought after by the best fanciers as Eddie has won many out of area races over the years among them the great Salt Lake Classic, handled by dale Bullough, the Illinois State Race handled by Bob Kinney, the East Meadow Futurity he has won twice in recent years once by Tim McManus and once by Val Matteucci.

He has helped many new fanciers get started by giving them pigeons and advice. He is very open and honest to any fancier that asks him a question.

Many fanciers still call him for help when a problem arises, weather it be breeding, training or diagnoses on a sickness. Eddie with his expertise always has an answer or he has the ability to find the correct answer to any problem. In his early years in the sport, when he was trying to leer he was often given very poor advice and vowed never to give any one bad or willfully wrong advice. Ed a man of integrity and is love by all who have the please of sharing his company.

He has always supported the I.F. and went on may of there Olympiads the I.F. sponsored. He has traveled on the Olympiads to England, Germany, Belgium, Holland,, Austria, and Italy. Since his retirement Ed makes the conventions part of his things to do, as he has participates and attends both the I.F. and au conventions

Now grace we have to put some kind of filler in here to what he has done in the sport, or do u think we have enough with his helping buffalo,

But this guy has helped every one he meets,