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Spike Nelson

Emerson William " Spike " Nelson [ 1 ] (April 2, 1906 – October 20, 1998) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at ...

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Emerson William "Spike" Nelson[1] (April 2, 1906 – October 20, 1998)[2][3] was an American college 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 head coaching 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.[4] He was also selected as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press and Central Press.[5][6][7]

Nelson was also an All-Americanhammer thrower and discus thrower for the Iowa Hawkeyes track and field team, finishing third in the hammer throw at the 1926 NCAA Track and Field Championships.[8]

Head coaching record

References

  1. ↑State University of Iowa (1925). Catalogue. State University of Iowa. p. 583. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  2. ↑"RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Carson,Coglan,Lee,Koser, & Schultz FTW, FBK". wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  3. ↑"Person Details for Emerson W Nelson, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
  4. ↑"All-American Is Chosen By New York Sun". Athens Messenger. November 28, 1926.
  5. ↑"Associated Press Picks All-American Eleven". Morning News Review. South Carolina. December 5, 1926.
  6. ↑ Norman Brown (13 de diciembre de 1926). "Seis estrellas del Medio Oeste están en la selección nacional de fútbol americano: se publica el equipo mítico de un millón de fanáticos del fútbol americano; 500 periódicos realizan una encuesta para obtener el verdadero once ideal de fútbol americano". The Davenport Democrat And Leader .
  7. ↑ "Los aficionados eligen al primer equipo de fútbol americano". Billings Gazette . 13 de diciembre de 1926.
  8. ↑ "Lanzamiento de martillo en el Campeonato Masculino de Atletismo al Aire Libre de la División I de la NCAA" . USTFCCCA . Consultado el 28 de diciembre de 2024 .