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Don Nelson headshot
Don Nelson headshot

Donald Arvin Nelson Season HOF

SportMen's Basketball
Year Inducted1989

Years Lettered: 1960-62

Third-team All-American in 1962; first-team All-Big Ten in 1961, 62; Most Valuable Player of team in 1960, 61, 62; set seven school records; played in National Basketball Association for fourteen years; member of five National Basketball Association team championships; and NBA Coach of the Year in 1983 and 1985.