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Peter Nellies

Peter Nellies
Nellies playing for Hearts in 1912
Personal information
Date of birth 24 April 1886
Place of birth Kingseat, Scotland
Date of death 15 July 1930(1930-07-15) (aged 44)
Place of death Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Douglas Water Thistle
1908–1921 Heart of Midlothian 339 (11)
1921–1922 King's Park 17 (0)
1922–1923 Berwick Rangers
1923–1924 Carlisle United
International career
1911–1919 Scottish League XI 9 (1)
1913–1914 Scotland 2 (0)
1915–1917 Scottish League (wartime) 4 (0)
1918 Scotland (wartime) 1 (0)
Managerial career
1922–1923 Berwick Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Nellies (24 April 1886 – 15 July 1930) was a Scottish footballer,[1] who played for Heart of Midlothian (where he played before, during and after World War I while also working in a reserved occupation as a coal miner during the conflict, and is ranked 8th on the club's all-time appearances list in the Scottish Football League), King's Park and Carlisle United.

He gained two caps for the Scotland national team (one as captain)[2] and was selected nine times for the Scottish League XI, and was also manager of Berwick Rangers.[2]

Nellies's sister married footballer Willie Cringan;[3] the brothers-in-law played together once for the Scottish League XI in 1919.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b The Hawthorns Series, Scottish Sport History, October 2014
  2. ^ a b (Smith 2013, p. 229)
  3. ^ Statutory registers - Marriages - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  4. ^ Association Football | The Inter-League Game, The Glasgow Herald, 24 February 1919
Sources
  • Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.