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Word: nelsons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whole starting combination from last year's second place team will do Winthrop no harm, especially center Ted Nelson, who is roughly six feet seven inches tall. With this in mind, the Puritans are operating on the pivot system which worked well for them last year (Winthrop lost the title to Dunster in the last game of the season). Brawn, if such be needed on the court, is certainly present in the form of football players Jerry Kanter, Art Hyde and skip Garvey; other more slender men include frank Gump, Jim Powell, Joe Thalfer, and Bob Blinken...

Author: By Jack Spbatte, | Title: Lining Them Up | 12/9/1948 | See Source »

...crib of Nelson Roth, east of Pekin, was sealed today [with] Seal No. 0-48-5 of the Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S. . . . Sealed in this farm crib are 5,400 bushels of 1948 corn on which the Government has loaned $1.42 a bushel. If this corn had had to be sold when cribbed, it would have brought $1.25. Thus Mr. Roth is $918 ahead by sealing it. If the price goes above $1.42 before Sept. i, 1949, Farmer Roth can sell it and pay his loan. If the price remains below $1.42, Roth will simply deliver the corn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 6, 1948 | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...Davey Nelson narrated the Harvard Yale movie at the New Lecture Hall three-fourth full of people last night, and made many morning papers of November 30 look sick in the bargain. It appeared very blatantly that a quick reshuffling of accolades is necessary before this H-Y can be reduced to pure history...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Yale Game Films Alter Opinions Of Who Were Outstanding Stars | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

First of all, the ever-truthful films dwelt lovingly on the play of sophomore end Dike Hyde. Twice Nelson stopped the film to point out Hyde as the latter disposed of up to three Yales at a clip. His offensive work was almost flawless...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Yale Game Films Alter Opinions Of Who Were Outstanding Stars | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

Harvard gained most of its yardage on but two plays: the wingback reverse and the tailback-around-strong-side-end. Davey Nelson explained that the Crimson inside game was failing, but that the outside game made up for it. Both big gain plays were outside the tackles. Nelson went on to show one reason why the outside and not the inside game was working. The Eli backers-up consistently played in close behind the line...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Yale Game Films Alter Opinions Of Who Were Outstanding Stars | 11/30/1948 | See Source »

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