Spike Nelson
American football player and coach
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| Intro | American football player and coach | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Military officer Soldier Officer | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 2 April 1906, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 20 October 1998 (aged 92 years) |
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Biography
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.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi State Maroons (Southeastern Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Mississippi State | 4–6 | 1–4 | 11th | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 4–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Yale Bulldogs (NCAA University Division independent) (1941) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Yale | 1–7 | |||||||
| Yale: | 1–7 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–13 | ||||||||