Sliv Nemzek
American football and basketball coach (1895–1958)
Alexander Jerome "Sliv" Nemzek Jr. (October 11, 1895 – May 28, 1958) was an American college football and college basketball coach and local politician. He served as the head football coach at Moorhead State Teachers College—renamed from Moorhead Normal School in 1921, and now
known as Minnesota State University–Moorhead—in 1919 and again from 1923 to 1940, compiling a record of 65–51–17. He was also the head basketball coach at Moorhead State from 1923 to 1941, tallying a mark of 106–138.
Nemzek was born on October 11, 1895, in Moorhead, Minnesota. He attended Moorhead High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. Nemzek then attended North Dakota Agricultural College—now known as North Dakota State University—where he was a member of the football and baseball teams. He served in both World War I and World War II. After returning from the Second World War, he remained a prominent figure in the Fargo–Moorhead area, and served as mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota from 1948 to 1949. Nemzek died on May 28, 1958, in Moorhead, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage two days prior.
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