.jpg) 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 (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]
- ^ a b The Hawthorns Series, Scottish Sport History, October 2014
- ^ a b (Smith 2013, p. 229)
- ^ Statutory registers - Marriages - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Association Football | The Inter-League Game, The Glasgow Herald, 24 February 1919