Editing Ricky Nelson (section)

==Education==
Nelson attended Gardner Street Public School,{{sfn|Bashe|1992|p=23}} Bancroft Junior High,{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=47}} and, between 1954 and 1958, [[Hollywood High School]], from which he graduated with a B average.{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=53}}{{sfn|Bashe|1992|p=52}} He played [[American football|football]] at Hollywood High{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=53}}{{sfn|Bashe|1992|p=52}} and represented the school in interscholastic [[tennis]] matches.{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=55}} Twenty-five years later, Nelson told the ''[[Los Angeles Weekly]]'' he hated school because it "smelled of pencils" and he was forced to rise early in the morning to attend.{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=53}} In January 1960, the athletic Nelson brothers formed a trapeze act with stunts in the 1/27/1960 episode of "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" titled 'THE CIRCUS'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/579275570816609584/|title=RICKY NELSON on the TRAPEZE! Ricky and David perform circus TRAPEZE stunts in the 1/27/1960 episode of "Adventures of … &#124; Trapeze artist, Ricky nelson, David nelson|website=Pinterest|access-date=July 5, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705190746/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/579275570816609584/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ozzie Nelson was a [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] alumnus and keen on college education,{{sfn|Selvin|1990|p=15}} but eighteen-year-old Ricky was already in the 93&nbsp;percent income-tax bracket and saw no reason to attend.{{sfn|Bashe|1992|p=52}} At age thirteen, Ricky was making over $100,000 per annum, and at sixteen he had a personal fortune of $500,000{{sfn|Bashe|1992|p=53}} ({{Inflation|US|500000|1956|r=-4|fmt=eq}}).

Nelson's wealth was astutely managed by his parents, who channeled his earnings into trust funds. Although his parents permitted him a $50 allowance at the age of eighteen, Ricky was often strapped for cash and one evening collected and redeemed empty pop bottles to gain entrance to a movie theater for himself and a date.{{sfn|Bashe|1992|pp=54–55}}