Ned Nelson (January 11, 1911 – October 2, 1977) was an American college
baseball and
basketball player.
Education
In 1927, Nelson was a student at
Ballard High School in
Seattle. While there, he played basketball as a
center.
Baseball
Nelson was elected to the
University of Washington Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1931 he became the first
Washington Husky to be named an
All-American at first base. In addition, he led the Huskies to 3 North Division titles from 1930 to 1932.
Basketball
Nelson was a 3-year starter on the UW basketball team. In 1931 he rounded out the starting 5 that won Washington's first
Pacific Coast Conference
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championship.
Personal life
On July 25, 1936, Nelson married Helen Blake at
St. John's Episcopal Church in
Olympia
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. Her father was
Bruce Blake, a justice of the
Washington Supreme Court. She died from
infantile paralysis
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(polio) on September 17 that year during an outbreak of the disease in the
Pasco region where they lived.
References
1911 births
1977 deaths
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