Spike Nelson

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Spike Nelson

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1906-04-02)April 2, 1906^[1] Cherokee, Iowa
Died	October 30, 1998(1998-10-30) (aged 92)^[2] Laguna Hills, California
Playing career
1925–1927	Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1931 1932–1937 1938 1939–1940 1941 1942 1943	Iowa (line) LSU (line) Mississippi State Yale (line) Yale St. Mary's Pre-Flight (assistant) St. Mary's Pre-Flight
Head coaching record
Overall	5–13
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Emerson William "Spike" Nelson^[3] (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.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
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

Yale Bulldogs head football coaches

v t e Saint Mary's Pre-Flight Air Devils head football coaches

Tex Oliver (1942) Spike Nelson (1943) Jules V. Sikes (1944) George Clark (1945)

Persondata
Name	Nelson, Spike
Alternative names	Nelson, Emerson W.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	April 2, 1906
Place of birth	Cherokee, Iowa
Date of death	October 20, 1998
Place of death	Laguna Hills, California

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