Rocky Nelson was born on November 18, 1924 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He was married to Alberta Burns. He died on October 31, 2006 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
Professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals (1949-1951[start]; 1956[end]), Pittsburgh Pirates (1951[middle]; 1959-1961), Chicago White Sox (1951[end]), Brooklyn Dodgers (1952; 1956[start]), Cleveland Indians (1955).
Inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.