| Barry Nelson | |
| Birth Date: | 1932 |
| Death Date: | 1 May |
| Year1start: | 1954–55, 1959 |
| Year1end: | 61 |
| Appearances1: | 56 |
| Tries1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 15 |
| Club2: | Newtown Jets |
| Year2start: | 1962 |
| Year2end: | 63 |
| Appearances2: | 33 |
| Tries2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 7 |
| Teama: | NSW Firsts |
| Yearastart: | 1959 |
| Appearancesa: | 1 |
| Triesa: | 0 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 0 |
| Source: | Whittacker/Hudson |
| Updated: | 27 Aug 2020 |
Barry Clyde Nelson was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played for the Newtown and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs.[1] [2]
Nelson played five seasons of first grade rugby league with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs between 1954-1955 and 1959-1961 and is listed as the Bulldogs' player No.196. He spent a year or two captain-coaching in Gilgandra in 1956-57 before returning to the Bulldogs. He represented New South Wales on one occasion in 1959 and finished his career at Newtown Jets for two seasons between 1962 and 1963.[3]
During the 1980s and 1990s, Nelson was club president of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He and secretary Peter Moore, oversaw a very successful 1980s, yielding 4 premierships and as a stable committee, oversaw the Bulldogs' success into the 1990s. He was club president from 1982 to 2002.[4]
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours Nelson was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Rugby League football, particularly through the Bulldogs League Club".[5]
Nelson died in May 2021.[6]