John Peyton Garnett Nelson (June 13, 1873 – March 30, 1930) was an American college football coach and physician.
[1] A native of Richmond, Nelson attended the University of Virginia, where he played college baseball as a pitcher before graduating in 1895.
Nelson graduated in 1900 from the Medical College of Virginia—now known as VCU School of Medicine—and was appointed a resident physician at St Luke's Hospital in Richmond.
[3] Nelson died of bladder cancer, on March 30, 1930, at St Luke's Hospital.
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