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Word: nelson (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Davey Nelson, backfield coach on Art Valpey's staff last fall, won't be around next season. He was hired yesterday as head football coach at the University of Maine...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Maine Grabs Nelson as Head Coach | 3/2/1949 | See Source »

Coaltown kept going, his jockey sitting as motionless in the saddle as a park policeman. At the finish of the mile-and-an-eighth race, the handsome bay stallion had equaled another world record-the 1:47 3/5 that Indian Broom hung up at Tanforan in 1936. Jockey Eldon Nelson dismounted, stared at the fractional times posted on the odds board and exclaimed: "Gosh almighty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Citation's Shadow | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

...pound class-McAlpin pinned Kozol (H) with a reverse body press and half nelson at 8:26; 128-pound class-Poor (P) decisioned Smith (H), 3-2; 136-pound class--Sellers (P) decisioned Abboud class--Sellers (P) decisioned Abbound (H), 10-2; 145-pound class--King (H) decisioned Orser (P. 3-2; 155-pound class--Randall (P) pinned Connors (H) with a reverse head hold and body press at 6:48; 165-pound class--Longaker (P) decisioned Thompson (H). 6-1; 175-pound class--Priolean (P) pinned Claflin (H) with a front grapevine at 8:54; heavyweight class--Houston...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Nassau Wrestlers Mangle Crimson Squad Here, 28-8 | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

...Winthrop-Eliot fray, centerman Ted Nelson of the Puritans outjumped center Bob Crichton of Eliot to keep Winthrop ahead during the entire game. The final score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Five Downs Dudley; Eliot Skates by Adams, 7-2 | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

Along with an effective offense, the Winthrop five retained a strong defense, which was the leading factor in their easy win. Scoring honors for the game fell to Nelson, with 14 points, while Crichton led the losers with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Five Downs Dudley; Eliot Skates by Adams, 7-2 | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

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