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| Biographical details | |
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| Born | (1906-04-02)April 2, 1906 Cherokee, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, 1998(1998-10-30) (aged 92) Laguna Hills, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1925–1927 | Iowa |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1931 | Iowa (line) |
| 1932–1937 | LSU (line) |
| 1938 | Mississippi State |
| 1939–1940 | Yale (line) |
| 1941 | Yale |
| 1942 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant) |
| 1943 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–17–1 |
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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]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| 1938 | Mississippi State | 4–6 | 1–4 | 11th | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 4–6 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1941) | |||||||||
| 1941 | Yale | 1–7 | |||||||
| Yale: | 1–7 | ||||||||
| Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils (Independent) (1943) | |||||||||
| 1943 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight | 3–4–1 | |||||||
| Saint Mary's Pre-Flight: | 3–4–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–17–1 | ||||||||
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