Murry R. Nelson (born May 12, 1947) is an emeritus professor of education and American studies at

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and an author. He has written about the history of American sports, basketball in particular, as well as books on America's school curriculums. He has written biographies of several basketball players. He graduated from

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with an A.B.,

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with a Masters in Teaching, Stanford University with a Masters in Anthropology and a Ph.D. Murry was awarded several

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s. He wrote about the

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. A review of his book ''Children and Social Studies'' applauded it for promoting "ethnic literacy".

Bibliography

*''The Rolling Stones: A Musical Biography'', ABC-CLIO, 2010. *''Encyclopedia of Sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports. Vol. 1, Colonial Years to 1939'', Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 2009. *''Encyclopedia of Sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports. Vol. 2, 1940 to Present'', Greenwood, 2009. *''Children and Social Studies: Creative Teaching in the Elementary Classroom'', Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Fort Worth, Texas, 2000. *''American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas'', Greenwood, 2013. *''The National Basketball League: A History, 1935-1949'', McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina, 2009. *"

Merl R. Eppse Merl Raymond Eppse (1893 – December 27, 1967) was an American historian, and a pioneer of Black studies. He was a history professor at Tennessee State University for three decades, and the author of several books. Early life Merl Raymond Epp ...

and studies of blacks in American history textbooks", American Educational Research Association, Annual Meeting, conference publication, 1988. *''Law in the Curriculum'', Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, Bloomington, Indiana, 1978. *''Big Ten Basketball, 1943/1972'', McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 2017. *''

Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program '' Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the great ...

: A Biography'', Greenwood, 2007. *''

Bill Russell William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most V ...

: A Biography'', Greenwood, 2005. *''

Abe Saperstein Abraham Michael Saperstein (; July 4, 1902 – March 15, 1966) was the founder, owner and earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the 1920s through the 1950s, primarily bef ...

and the American Basketball League, 1960-1963: The Upstarts Who Shot for Three and Lost to the NBA'', McFarland & Company, Inc., 2013. *''Multiculturalism and the School Curriculum: Historical Case Studies'', Garland, New York; London, 2001. *''Papers of the Society for the Study of Curriculum History: 1980 and 1982'', Society for the Study of Curriculum History, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1983. *''AIDS, The Search for Answers'', Pennsylvania State University, College of Education, WPSX-TV video, 1987. *''The Originals: The New York Celtics Invent Modern Basketball'', Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999. *''Children and Social Studies: Creative Teaching in the Elementary Classroom'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1992. *''Exploring America: How the U.S. is Depicted in Norway'', ERIC Clearinghouse, Washington, D.C., 1991. *''Murry R. Nelson Writings, 1978-1991''. *"Insular America: The NBA Began in Akron? the Midwest Conference in the 1930s", ''International Journal of the History of Sport'', pages 990-1010, August 8, 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Murry R. Pennsylvania State University faculty Living people 1947 births Grinnell College alumni Northwestern University alumni Stanford University alumni Sports historians American music historians 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers