Ernie Nelson

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Ernie Nelson
Personal information
Full name Ernest Albert Nelson
Date of birth(1874-09-09)9 September 1874
Place of birth Walhalla, Victoria
Date of death 17 November 1915(1915-11-17) (aged 41)
Place of death Heidelberg, Victoria [1]
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1900 South Melbourne 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1900.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ernest Albert Nelson (9 September 1874 – 17 November 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2]

Australian rules football Contact sport invented in Melbourne

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

Sydney Swans Australian rules football club

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). Established in Melbourne as the South Melbourne Football Club in 1874, the Swans relocated to Sydney in 1982, thus making it the first club in the competition to be based outside Victoria.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Age (18,927). Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1915. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 653. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.


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