Stanford Nelson ’43聽was honored by the Minnesota Vikings football team聽for his聽faithful military service and accomplished coaching and teaching career.
The Vikings hosted Nelson and his family as part of their annual Salute to Service game.
Nelson, who was recently inducted into the MN Football Coaches Hall of Fame, said learning accountability聽was possibly his greatest聽life lesson-not only as a coach, but as a soldier as well.聽鈥淚 think the biggest thing I learned was that if you were given a responsibility, that you better carry it through because your life and the lives of many others was connected to carrying out that mission,鈥� he said.