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)	Full back Wing half
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

• List of Scotland national football team captains
• List of Scotland wartime international footballers

References

1. The Hawthorns Series, Scottish Sport History, October 2014
2. (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.

External links

• Peter Nellies at the Scottish Football Association
• London Hearts profile (Scotland)
• London Hearts profile (Scottish League)