Dave Nelson (Australian footballer) explained

Dave Nelson
Fullname:	David Joseph Nelson
Birth Date:	26 February 1910
Birth Place:	Collingwood, Victoria
Death Place:	Hawthorn, Victoria
Height:	173 cm
Weight:	65 kg
Statsend:	1929
Years1:	1928
Club1:	Coburg (VFA)
Games Goals1:	1 (0)
Years2:	1929
Games Goals2:	7 (2)

David Joseph Nelson (26 February 1910 – 12 April 1986) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of David Guy Nelson (1870–1970),^[2] and Ellen Nelson (1880–1953),^[3] née Tighe, David Joseph Nelson was born in Collingwood, Victoria on 26 February 1910.

He married Patricia Mary McDonald (1917–1997) in 1939.

Military service

Nelson later served in the Australian Army during World War II.^[4]

Death

He died at his residence in Hawthorn, Victoria on 12 April 1986.^[5]

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private David Joseph Nelson (V340383), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B884, VX340383: World War Two Service Record: Private David Joseph Nelson (V340383), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Dave Nelson's playing statistics from The VFA Project.
• Dave Nelson at Demonwiki.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.653.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22831762 Deaths: Nelson, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 May 1950), p.12.
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206911167 Deaths: Nelson, The Age, (Monday, 28 December 1953), p.7.
4. Nominal Roll.
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a3czAAAAIBAJ&sjid=65IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2011%2C2947115 Deaths: Nelson, The Age, (Monday, 4 April 1986), p.18.