thecircusblog | January 5, 2010
A little known fact about David Nelson is his circus background. In the early 1960’s not only was he an actor but a well trained catcher in a flying act ….and he was a powerhouse of a catcher. Both David and his brother Ricky became accomplished aerialist’s. Ricky was a flyer and was in a circus movie […]
Category: Movie and TV |
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thecircusblog | December 4, 2008
Rickie and David Nelson, Babs and Del Graham. In the early 60’s Del trained Rickie as a flyer and David as a catcher. Del did a great job in teaching these young men. Rickie did five tricks and a passing leap with Babs. Everyone in the business was quite surprised that they were so good. In […]
Category: Other Circuses and Performers |
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Tags: David Nelson, Flying Viennas, National Date Festival, Ozzie & Harriet, Ricky Nelson
