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Dave Nelson (Australian footballer)

Dave Nelson (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer, born 1910

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]

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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]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Holmesby & Main (2014), p.653.
  2. [2]
    Deaths: Nelson, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 May 1950), p.12.
  3. [3]
    Deaths: Nelson, The Age, (Monday, 28 December 1953), p.7.
  4. [4]
    Nominal Roll.
  5. [5]
    Deaths: Nelson, The Age, (Monday, 4 April 1986), p.18.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  • 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.
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