Sport(s) Football 1932–1937 LSU (line) 1931 Iowa (line) | Position(s) Tackle 1925–1927 Iowa Name Spike Nelson | |
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Born April 2, 1906
Cherokee, Iowa ( 1906-04-02 ) Died October 30, 1998(1998-10-30) (aged 92)
Laguna Hills, California | ||
Emerson William "Spike" Nelson (April 2, 1906 – October 20, 1998) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State College, now Mississippi State University, in 1938 and at Yale University in 1941, compiling a career college football record of 5–13. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Iowa and was selected as a first-team tackle by the New York Sun on its 1926 College Football All-America Team. He was also selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and Central Press.
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