John Nelson (soccer, born 1905)

[1] Before Brooklyn traded him to the Fall River for George Graham in March 1928, he scored 101 goals for the team.

[2] On May 18, 1929, Nelson scored two goals for the Nationals in a 2–2 tie with the Providence Clamdiggers in the final of the 1929 American Cup.

Nelson remained with the Nationals, renamed the New York Giants in 1930, until an April 5, 1931 knee injury ended his career.

The U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame inducted Nelson in 2005 as part of a process of recognizing significant pre-1950s players.

In order to correct these oversights we established a Blue Ribbon panel consisting of historians Colin Jose, Roger Allaway and Hall of Famer Walter Bahr, to review the credentials of all Veterans from the pre-NASL era.