Al Nesser
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Date of birth | June 6, 1893 |
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Place of birth | Columbus, Ohio, United States |
Date of death | March 1967 (aged 73) |
Place of death | Akron, Ohio |
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Position(s) | Offensive lineman |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
College | None |
Career history | |
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1926 | Akron Indians |
As player | |
1910–1919 | Columbus Panhandles |
1914 | Canton Professionals |
1920–1925 | Akron Pros |
1921 | Columbus Panhandles |
1925 | Cleveland Bulldogs |
1926 | Akron Indians |
1926 | Cleveland Panthers |
1926–1928 | New York Giants |
1931 | Cleveland Indians |
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Alfred Louis Nesser (June 6, 1893 – March 1967) was a professional American football offensive lineman. He played for seven teams: Akron Pros, Cleveland Bulldogs, Columbus Panhandles, Akron Indians, New York Giants, and Cleveland Indians in the National Football League (NFL) and the Cleveland Panthers in the first American Football League. He won NFL Championship titles with the Akron Pros in 1920 and the New York Giants in 1927. During his career, Nesser played against Charlie Copley, Fritz Pollard and Jim Thorpe.
Although he didn't play college football, prior to the formation of the NFL, Nesser played in the "Ohio League" for the Columbus Panhandles and the Canton Professionals (later renamed the Canton Bulldogs). He was one of the seven Nesser Brothers who played professional football. He became the last Nesser brother to retire from the game, when he ended his playing career in 1931. He was the last football player to play without having to use a mandatory helmet.
Although none of the Nessers have been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Al was elected to the professional branch of the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in 1952.
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- 1893 births
- Players of American football from Ohio
- People from Columbus, Ohio
- American football offensive linemen
- Akron Indians coaches
- Akron Indians players
- Akron Pros players
- Canton Professionals players
- Cleveland Bulldogs players
- Cleveland Indians (NFL 1931) players
- Cleveland Panthers players
- Columbus Panhandles players
- Columbus Panhandles (Ohio League) players
- New York Giants players
- 1967 deaths
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs