George Nelmark

{{Short description|American basketball player (1917–2010)}}

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

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = George Nelmark

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|5|9}}

| birth_place = Ironwood, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|12|4|1917|5|9}}

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

| high_school =

| college = Truman (1938–1941)

| career_start = 1941

| career_end = 1951

| career_number =

| career_position = Guard

| years1 = 1941

| team1 = Oshkosh All-Stars

| years2 = 1941–1942

| team2 = Toledo Jim White Chevrolets

| years3 = 1946

| team3 = St. Louis Blues

| years4 = 1946–1948

| team4 = Syracuse Nationals

| years5 = 1948–1949

| team5 = Fibber McGee & Molly

| years6 = 1949

| team6 = Santa Barbara Retreaders

| years7 = 1949–1950

| team7 = Santa Maria Dukes

| years8 = 1950–1951

| team8 = Santa Barbara All-Americans

| cyears1 = 1951–1990

| cteam1 = Antelope Valley HS

| highlights =

• First-team all-MIAA (1939)

}}

George Gregory Nelmark (May 9, 1917 – December 4, 2010), born George Nelimarkka,{{cite web | url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/n/nelmage01n.html| title=George Nelmark NBL stats| publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=basketball-reference.com | accessdate=January 22, 2017}} was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web | url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/12/george-nelmark.html| title=George Nelmark| publisher=Blogspot | work=Peach Basket Society | date=9 December 2015| accessdate=January 22, 2017}} He played in the National Basketball League for the Toledo Jim White Chevrolets (1941–42) and Syracuse Nationals (1946–48) and averaged 5.3 points per game for his career.

Nelmark served with the US Marine Corps during World War II, participating in the Battle of Guadalcanal.{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/40429322234/permalink/10156502690447235/| title=Antelope Valley High School, Les Merryman, 23 May 2018, NELMARK, George Gregory | publisher=Facebook | accessdate=December 12, 2020}} After the war, he attended UC Santa Barbara, and became a teacher at Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA in 1951, retiring in 1990.