50 Years of Nelson Field House
Robert Dunkelberger, 2005H and Ed Coar, 1978
Throughout the 2022-23 basketball season, program inserts for each conference game will mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the E. H. Nelson Field House. These inserts will feature various aspects of the histories of the five longest running sports housed by the field house: men’s and women’s basketball, men’s ands women’s swimming, and wrestling. Today’s installment features a biography of Elna H. Nelson and the field house, and a summary of the first varsity sporting event held in the building.
All inserts are available here following the double headers.
December 2nd -
Insert One
December 3rd - Insert Two
December 30th - Insert Three
January 4th - Insert Four
January 14th - Insert Five
January 18th - Insert Six
January 23rd - Insert Seven
February 1st -
Insert Eight
February 6th -
Insert Nine
February 22nd - Insert Ten
February 25th - Insert Eleven
