Charlie Nesser

{{Short description|American football player (1903–1970)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

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| name = Charlie Nesser

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| number = 1

| position = Halfback

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|11|30}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|2|26|1902|11|30}}

| death_place = Franklin County, Ohio, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 182

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| college = None

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| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 9

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 6

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Charles Theodore Nesser (November 30, 1902 – February 26, 1970) was a professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the Columbus Panhandles. He played only one season, 1921, in the NFL. He was son of Ted Nesser, a member of the Nesser brothers. During the 1921 season, six of the Nessers played for the Panhandles, with Charlie being the seventh family member on the team. The 1921 team was coached by his father, Ted, who served as a player-coach.{{cite news |author= |title=Father And Son On Same Eleven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/articlemiami-daily-record-herald/155125186/ |newspaper=Miami Daily Record-Herald |location=Miami, Oklahoma |date=September 23, 1921 |page=3 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} They are the only father-son combination to play together in NFL history.{{cite news |last=Mather |first=Victor |title=Before LeBron and Bronny, These Fathers and Sons Made Sports History |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/sports/basketball/father-son-lebron-bronny-james-lakers.html |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=June 28, 2024 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240628212314/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/sports/basketball/father-son-lebron-bronny-james-lakers.html#selection-627.0-627.14 |archive-date=June 28, 2024 }}

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  • {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCnbhSRZpgIC | title=Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football | first=Robert W. | last=Peterson | isbn=0-19-511913-4 | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=1997}}