Doug Nelson

Recalling his days on campus, Dixon, N.M., resident Doug Nelson (Geog’50) mailed a copy of a photo of the CU football team boarding one of their first flights to an away game. The team posed in front of the United Airlines plane on Oct. 2, 1947, before they flew to New York to play Army at West Point. Doug estimates that about half of the team were returning GIs. While the team’s wins that year were not as high as desired, Doug notes that the team’s camaraderie was strong, especially under players like Stan Hendrickson (Econ’47) and Bob Spicer (Jour’50).