Dwight Nichols

{{Short description|American football player (1934–2009)}}

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| name = Dwight Nichols

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| position = Halfback

| birth_date = October 21, 1934

| birth_place = Knoxville, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = February 2, 2009 (age 74)

| death_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 165{{Cite news|title=Dwight Nichols Is Leading Cyclones to Winning Year|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|date=October 21, 1959|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19591021&id=_f0xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IOUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5805,1651349}}

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| college = Iowa State

| afldraftyear = 1960

| afldraftround = Second Selections
(by the Buffalo Bills)

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| highlights =

• First-team All-American (1959)
• 3× First-team All-Big Eight (1957, 1958, 1959)

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Dwight Edward Nichols (October 21, 1934 – February 2, 2009) was an American football player. Nichols attended Iowa State University and played college football at the halfback position for the Iowa State Cyclones football team from 1957 to 1959. As a junior in 1958, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player in Big Seven Conference after gaining 1,172 yards, including 815 rushing yards.{{cite web|title=ISU All-American Dwight Nichols Dies|publisher=Iowa State University|date=February 4, 2009|accessdate=February 13, 2015|url=http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3663053}} As a senior, he was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team player on its 1959 College Football All-America Team,{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|accessdate=February 8, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=July 27, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040727225639/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}} and he received third-team honors from the Associated Press and United Press International.{{cite news|title=Cannon Is Named All America For Second Time|work=Daytona Beach Morning Journal|date=December 4, 1959|page=10|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19591204&id=zXoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-8kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1636,625173}}{{cite news|author=Leo H. Peterson|title=Billy Cannon Heads All-American|work=The Times, Beaver Valley (UPI story)|date=December 2, 1959|page=18|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1981&dat=19591201&id=iMAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=696,264723}} He finished his collegiate career 2,232 rushing yards and 3,949 yards of total offense. He was inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame in 2009.{{cite web|title=Dwight Nichols - Hall of Fame Class of 1999|publisher=Iowa State University|date=September 12, 2006|accessdate=February 13, 2015|url=http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=605224|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214011117/http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=605224|archivedate=February 14, 2015}} Nichols was also a veteran of the Korean War. He died in Dallas, Texas, in 2009 at age 74.