Editing Harold Abrahams (section)

==Later life==
In May 1925, Abrahams broke his leg while long-jumping, ending his athletic career.<ref name="greatath"/> He returned to his legal career as a barrister. In 1928, he was team captain of the British Olympic team at [[1928 Summer Olympics|Amsterdam]] and editor of the Official British Olympic Report for the same games.<ref name="greatath"/> Subsequently, he worked as an athletics journalist for forty years, becoming a commentator on the sports for BBC radio.

Later in his life, he also became president of the Jewish Athletic Association, and served as chairman for the [[Amateur Athletic Association]] (AAA).

In 1936, when the Amateur Athletic Union considered a boycott of Hitler's Olympics, Abrahams successfully led the fight against doing so. While the influential [[Avery Brundage]] minimized the scope of the Third Reich's persecution of Jews, Abrahams instead argued on pragmatic grounds: “I do not believe that any real good will come if this resolution is adopted; on the contrary, I believe that it will do harm."<ref>{{cite web |title=Sport and Moral Cowardice |website=thejc.com |date=18 May 2017 |url=https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/all/sport-and-moral-cowardice-1.438728 |access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Beckman |first=Jonathan |title=Observer review: Berlin Games by Guy Walters |website=the Guardian |date=2006-07-15 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/jul/16/historybooks.sportandleisure |access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Should we send a Jew to cover the Berlin Olympics? |website=Sports Journalists' Association |date=2012-07-17 |url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/olympics/should-we-send-a-jew-to-cover-the-berlin-olympics/ |access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref> He went on to report from the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin Olympics]] for the BBC, exuberantly covering [[Jack Lovelock]]'s win in the 1500 metres: “A hundred yards to go! Come on, Jack!! My God, he’s done it. Jack, come on! Lovelock wins. Five yards, six yards, he wins. He’s won. Hooray!” His daughter reported that Abrahams had sat close to Hitler, and had said afterwards: "I wish I'd shot him."<ref>{{cite web |title=Chariots of Fire and the Real Harold Abrahams Story |website=thejc.com |date=6 July 2012 | url=https://www.thejc.com/culture/features/television-chariots-of-fire-and-the-real-harold-abrahams-story-1.34257 |access-date=2023-01-27}}</ref>

Abrahams wrote a number of books, including ''Oxford Versus Cambridge. A Record Of Inter-University Contests From 1827-1930'' (co-written with John Bruce-Kerr), ''The Olympic Games, 1896–1952'' and ''The Rome Olympiad, 1960''.<ref name="greatath"/>

Although not an official timer, Abrahams was present when [[Roger Bannister]] broke the four-minute mile in 1954.<ref>[http://www.thesportsbookshelf.com/2011/06/new-book-places-question-mark-over.html "Harold Abrahams book places question mark over Bannister's mile record"]. ''The Sports Bookshelf''.</ref>

Abrahams died in [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] on 14 January 1978, aged 78. He was buried in the same grave as his wife [[Sybil Evers]], in St John the Baptist churchyard in [[Great Amwell]], Hertfordshire.