Harry Nelly

Henry Meredith Nelly (January 1, 1878 – December 14, 1928) was an American college football player and coach and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1908 to 1910, compiling a record of 15–5–2. Nelly was born on January 1, 1878, in West Virginia. He died in 1928.

College football Playing career Nelly first played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers in the 1890s. During the team's 1895 season, he played as a substitute back. For three of these season (1907–1910) he was head coach.

In one season, he persuaded his former West Virginia Mountaineers teammate Fielding H. Yost to assist Army in its practices ahead of the Army–Navy Game.

Military career Nelly fought in Europe during World War I.

Death Nelly died on December 14, 1928 at the age of 50 from at Washington Park Hospital in Chicago from intestinal ailment He had been seriously sick for a week prior to his death. He was survived by his wife, Blanche M. Nelly, as well as a son (Robert M. Nelly Jr.) and a daughter.