Garry Nelson

{{Short description|English footballer (born 1961)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Garry Nelson

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| fullname = Garry Paul Nelson{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=NELSONGA |title=Player profile: Garry Nelson |work=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk |publisher=Richard Banyard |access-date=25 November 2011}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Braintree, England

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| height = 5 ft 10 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=286 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Striker, left winger

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| years1 = 1979–1983 | clubs1 = Southend United | caps1 = 129 | goals1 = 17

| years2 = 1983–1985 | clubs2 = Swindon Town | caps2 = 79 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 1985–1987 | clubs3 = Plymouth Argyle | caps3 = 74 | goals3 = 20

| years4 = 1987–1991 | clubs4 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps4 = 144 | goals4 = 47

| years5 = 1990 | clubs5 = → Notts County (loan) | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1991–1996 | clubs6 = Charlton Athletic | caps6 = 185 | goals6 = 37

| years7 = 1996–1997 | clubs7 = Torquay United | caps7 = 34 | goals7 = 8

| totalcaps = 647

| totalgoals = 136

}}

{{Other people5|Gary Nelson (disambiguation)}}

Garry Paul Nelson (born 16 January 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker or left winger in the Football League for Southend United, Swindon Town, Plymouth Argyle, Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic and Torquay United (as player/assistant manager) between 1979 and 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/garrynelson.html |title=Garry Nelson |work=Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database |publisher=Neil Brown |access-date=25 November 2011}} He was voted into Plymouth Argyle's Team of the Century.{{cite web |url=http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10364~1647081,00.html |title=Hall Of Fame |publisher=Plymouth Argyle F.C |date=3 May 2009 |access-date=10 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506094602/http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10364~1647081%2C00.html |archive-date=6 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}