Английская Википедия:Barry Nelson (rugby league)

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Barry Clyde Nelson Шаблон:Post-nominals 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]

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  3. Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. (1995 edition) Шаблон:ISBN
  4. BULLDOGS – Barry Nelson (My Story) https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2015/08/12/barry-nelson--my-story/
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