{{Short description|American football player (born 1952)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football person | image = | | name = John Nessel | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|31}} | birth_place = Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = 268 | Position = Guard | College = Penn State | NFLDraftedYear = 1975 | NFLDraftedRound = 4 | NFLDraftedPick = 81 | career_highlights = * First-team All-American (1974) | teams = *Atlanta Falcons (1975)* *Kansas City Chiefs (1975)* *Philadelphia Eagles (1975)* *New England Patriots (1976)* *Minnesota Vikings (1977)* }}
'''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. On August 5th, 1975, he was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=John Nessel Transactions - Pro Football Archives |url=https://profootballarchives.com/transactions/n/ness00150.html |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=profootballarchives.com}}</ref> He then was assigned on waivers to the Philadelphia Eagles on August 15th, 1975 and was released on September 1st of the same year.<ref name=":0" /> in 1976 Nessel signed with the New England Patriots but was released before ever playing for them. In 1977 he was signed by the Minnesota Vikings but was released before playing in a game for them.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040914114658/http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2004/09/10/they_still_attract_a_lions_share?pg=full|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 14, 2004|accessdate=26 September 2015|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=Globe Newspaper Company|date=10 September 2004}}</ref> He lives with his wife Jo Ann, in Wilton, Connecticut.
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209224250/http://www.plotit.com/PSU/PSU_Unsung.html "24 Great Unsung Lions: A Historical Look"] {{Atlanta Falcons 1975 draft navbox}}
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