:John Nessel

{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}}

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|Position= Guard

|College= Penn State

|NFLDraftedYear=1975

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|NFLDraftedTeam=Atlanta Falcons

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• First-team All-American (1974)

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John Steve Nessel (born 1952) is a former professional American football player. Nessel was an All-American guard at Penn State in 1974 and was the 4th-round draft pick (#81 overall) of the Atlanta Falcons in the 1975 NFL draft.

Nessel earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts Education from Penn State in 1975, and is now a technology education instructor at Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Connecticut.{{cite news|last1=May|first1=Peter|title=They still attract a Lion's share|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2004/09/10/they_still_attract_a_lions_share?pg=full|accessdate=26 September 2015|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=Globe Newspaper Company|date=10 September 2004}} He lives with his wife Jo Ann, in Wilton, Connecticut.