Garry Nelson, one of Duquesne basketball’s legendary Nelson Twins, dies at age 73

Duquesne’s Garry Nelson (55) and Gary Major (43) bat the ball away from Bill Paultz (11) of St. John’s in first quarter action on March 15, 1969 in the NCAA Eastern Championships consolation game at College Park, Md.

Garry A. Nelson, a legendary athlete and unmistakable presence with his twin brother, Barry, on Duquesne basketball teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s and later a law school graduate at his alma mater, died Sunday in Florida after a fall. He was 73.

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