Barry Nelson (rugby league) (original) (raw)

Barry Clyde Nelson OAM was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played for the Newtown and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs. 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. Nelson died in May 2021.