Benny Nelson

{{Short description|American football player (born 1941)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Benny Nelson

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| number = 28

| position = Halfback / defensive back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|4|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 185

| high_school = Huntsville {{nowrap|(Huntsville, Alabama)}}

| college = Alabama

| draftyear = 1964

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 61

| afldraftyear = 1964

| afldraftround = 12

| afldraftpick = 94

| pastteams =

• Houston Oilers (1964)

| highlights =

• Second-team All-American (1963)
• First-team All-SEC (1963)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 14

| pfr = NelsBe21

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James Benjamin Nelson (born April 1, 1941) is an American former professional football player who was a halfback and defensive back for one season with Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL) in 1964. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, serving as co-captain on the their 1963 team.{{Cite web |url=http://bryantmuseum.com/timeline.asp?Year=1963 |title=Alabama Football | Bryant Museum |access-date=November 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014135538/http://bryantmuseum.com/timeline.asp?Year=1963 |archive-date=October 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}