He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended James Whitcomb Riley High School in South Bend, Indiana.
[2] Nemeth played in nine games, starting four, for the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL) in 1945.
[3] He played in thirteen games, starting one, for the Chicago Rockets of the AAFC during the 1946 season.
[3] Nemeth played in eleven games for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League in 1948.
[2] Nemeth joined the Notre Dame Fighting Irish as an assistant coach after his professional football career.