Background
Heselton, who grew up in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, died in February 1981. Heselton was born January 25, 1903 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Bernard Heselton
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He attended South Saint Paul High School, Hamline University and the University of Minnesota, where he graduated in 1925.
Career
He served as the head football coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1938 to 1964. He amassed a 111–79–5 overall record, the second-most wins in university history. Bernie starred in football and basketball while at Hamline.
Heselton married Alice Nellermoe.
The couple had two daughters, Mary and Janet. Heselton started his coaching career at Central High School, in Duluth, Minnesota in 1925, then moving on to East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1928, where he coached for ten years.
In addition to his coaching duties at Lawrence, Heselton served as the school"s athletic director from 1961 to 1970.
Achievements
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Heselton"s coaching accomplishments led to his induction to the state of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981, the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1982, and was part the inaugural class of the Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. In 1988, to commemorate the 25 years of rivalry between Carl Doehling of Ripon College and Heselton, the two schools instituted the Doehling-Heselton Memorial Trophy. The winner of the annual game between the Red Hawks and the Vikings is awarded this traveling trophy.
