Johnny Nelson

born in Johnstone, Scotland

games
250
goals
225

first recorded game Oct. 13, 1928 · last recorded game April 27, 1930

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp g
New York Giants — 2
Brooklyn Wanderers 126 101
New York Nationals 98 105
Fall River Marksmen 14 10
Pawtucket Rangers 12 7

Career totals by competition

competition gp g
USOC — 2
ASL1 250 223

Goals by season

top flight cup 0 10 20 30 40 50 1923-1924, top flight: 1 goal 1 1923-1924 1924-1925, top flight: 24 goals 24 1924-1925 1925-1926, top flight: 30 goals 30 1925-1926 1926-1927, top flight: 27 goals 27 1926-1927 1927-1928, top flight: 25 goals 25 1927-1928 1928-1929, top flight: 39 goals 39 1928-1929 1929 Fall, top flight: 26 goals 26 1929 Fall 1929-1930, top flight: 39 goals 39 1929-1930 1930 Fall, top flight: 6 goals 6 1930 Fall 1931, cup: 2 goals 2 1931 1931 Spring, top flight: 6 goals 6 1931 Spring

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp g
Brooklyn Wanderers ASL1 1923-1924 4 1
Brooklyn Wanderers ASL1 1924-1925 33 24
Brooklyn Wanderers ASL1 1925-1926 27 30
Brooklyn Wanderers ASL1 1926-1927 35 27
Brooklyn Wanderers ASL1 1927-1928 27 19
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1927-1928 11 6
Pawtucket Rangers ASL1 1928-1929 12 7
Fall River Marksmen ASL1 1928-1929 3 4
New York Nationals ASL1 1928-1929 28 28
New York Nationals ASL1 1929 Fall 21 26
New York Nationals ASL1 1929-1930 33 39
New York Nationals ASL1 1930 Fall 9 6
New York Giants USOC 1931 — 2
New York Nationals ASL1 1931 Spring 7 6

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
USOC Jan. 11, 1931 New York Giants   1 - 5 Brooklyn 2 — —
ASL1 Oct. 5, 1930 New York Nationals   1 - 1 Newark Americans 1 — — Polo Grounds
LC May 11, 1930 New York Nationals   1 - 6 Brooklyn Wanderers 3 — — Hawthorne Field
ASL1 April 27, 1930 New York Nationals   4 - 2 Newark Skeeters 0 — 90 Polo Grounds
ASL1 April 20, 1930 New York Nationals   6 - 4 New York Soccer Club 4 — 90 Mark's Stadium
ASL1 April 6, 1930 New York Nationals   2 - 2 New Bedford Whalers 0 — 90 Polo Grounds
ASL1 March 16, 1930 New York Nationals   1 - 2 Providence Gold Bugs 1 — 90 Providence, RI
ASL1 March 15, 1930 New York Nationals   0 - 3 New York Giants (1923-1930) 1 — 90 Polo Grounds
ASL1 March 9, 1930 New York Nationals   0 - 2 Bethlehem Steel 1 — 90 Polo Grounds
ASL1 March 8, 1930 New York Nationals   6 - 3 New York Soccer Club 0 — 90 Polo Grounds
game log: 62 of 250 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Johnny Nelson
player together share
Herbert Carlson 46 81%
Alec Donald 45 79%
Harry Chatton 43 75%
James Martyn 43 75%
Bart McGhee 41 72%
Jimmy Warden 39 68%
Jim Gallagher 37 65%
Slaven 32 56%
Hookey Leonard 28 49%
Pete Renzulli 12 21%
Bob Perry 11 19%
Tommy Martin 11 19%

The 12 most frequent, of the 57 games Johnny Nelson has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

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