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Recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award (presented to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball) in 1988.

Baseball announcer for the New York Mets (1962-1978) and San Francisco Giants (1979-1981). Nelson, along with Ralph Kiner and Bob Murphy, made up the original New York Mets' broadcast team.

Recipient of the Pete Rozelle Award (which rewards exceptional longtime contributions to radio and TV in pro football) in 1990.

For thirty-three years, Nelson covered college football, including twenty-six Cotton Bowls, five Sugar Bowls, four Rose Bowls and fourteen years announcing Notre Dame games (1967-1979).

NFL broadcaster for over twenty years.

Suffered with Parkinson's disease the last twelve years of his life.

Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1986.

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