Duke Nelson Explained

Duke Nelson
Birth Date:26 April 1907
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Middlebury, Vermont, U.S.
Alma Mater:Middlebury College
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1938
Coach Team2:Union (NY) (line)
Coach Years3:1939–1941
Coach Team3:RPI
Coach Years4:1946–1968
Coach Team4:Middlebury
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1933–1936
Coach Team6:Middlebury
Coach Years7:1937–1938
Coach Team7:Union (NY)
Coach Sport8:Ice hockey
Coach Years9:1932–1936
Coach Team9:Middlebury
Coach Years10:1936–1939
Coach Team10:Union (NY)
Coach Years11:1946–1964
Coach Team11:Middlebury
Coach Years12:1981–1983
Coach Team12:Middlebury (W)
Coach Sport13:Lacrosse
Coach Years14:1954–1968
Coach Team14:Middlebury
Admin Years1:1946–1956
Admin Team1:Middlebury (assistant AD)
Admin Years2:1956–1969
Admin Team2:Middlebury
Overall Record:98–81–12 (football)
211–177–7 (men's ice hockey)
14–14–1 (women's ice hockey)
9–26–1 (lacrosse)
Championships:Football
2 Vermont State Conference (1948–1949)

Walter John "Duke" Nelson (April 26, 1907 – October 22, 1989) was an American college athletics coach and administrator. He was the head American football coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) from 1939 to 1941 and at Middlebury College from 1946 to 1968 compiling a career college football coaching record of 98–81–12. At Middlebury, he teams won back-to-back Vermont State Conference championships in 1948 and 1949. Nelson graduated from Middlebury in 1932.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter "Duke" Nelson . Middlebury College Athletics . July 19, 2016 . October 17, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181017121738/http://athletics.middlebury.edu/traditions/halloffame/2015/nelson . dead .
  2. Web site: . NCAA Statistics . . June 12, 2024 .
  3. Web site: . Middlebury College Football Coaching History . . June 12, 2024 .