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Nelson Peterson

Peterson, Nelson Lane
Height: 5-8 Weight: 179
Born: September 22, 1913 Weston, WV
Died: December 4, 1990 Broward County, FL
High School: Weston (WV)

Year	College	Status
1933	West Virginia Wesleyan
1934	West Virginia Wesleyan	Played
1935	West Virginia Wesleyan	Lettered
1936	West Virginia Wesleyan	Played

Military Service: United States Army

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)1937 WAS NFL	28	HB-DH	2	0
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	11	WB-RDH-TB-LDH	7	2
1939 St. Louis Gunners (AFL)1939 STL AFL		RH	4	2
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL		RH	4	0
1939 Year (AFL)1939 Year AFL			8	2
1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1940 COL AFL	11	RH-FB	10
1941 Columbus Bulls (AFL)1941 COL AFL	12/11	RH	7	5
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			9	2

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	4/6/1937	1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)1937 WAS NFL
Released		1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)1937 WAS NFL
Signed		1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL
Released	11/15/1938	1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL
Signed		1939 St. Louis Gunners (AFL)1939 STL AFL
Free Agent		1941 Columbus Bulls (AFL)1941 COL AFL

AWARDS
1940 Official All-AFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	2	2	2	100.0	-	-	-	2	2	100.0	-	0	20
1939 St. Louis Gunners (AFL)1939 STL AFL	3	4			-	-	-	1			-	0	25
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL	1	2	3	66.7			-	0			-	0	8
1939 Year (AFL)1939 Year AFL	4	6	3	66.7			-	1			-	0	33
1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1940 COL AFL	5	9			-	-	-	1			-	0	42
1941 Columbus Bulls (AFL)1941 COL AFL	3	10	11	90.9			-	1			-	0	31
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	2	2	100.0	-	-	-	2	2	100.0	-	0	20

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	2	2	100.0	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	2	2	100.0	0	18

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1937 Washington Redskins (NFL)1937 WAS NFL	2	8	4.0	4	0		0	0
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	21	70	3.3		1
1939 St. Louis Gunners (AFL)1939 STL AFL					3
1939 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1939 COL AFL					1
1939 Year (AFL)1939 Year AFL					4
1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1940 COL AFL					1
1941 Columbus Bulls (AFL)1941 COL AFL					1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	23	78	3.4	4	1		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL	6	0	0.0	4	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	33.3			0	0	0	0.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	0	0.0	4	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	33.3			0	0	0	0.0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1938 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1938 CLE NFL		4		43	10.8		1
1939 St. Louis Gunners (AFL)1939 STL AFL							3
1939 Year (AFL)1939 Year AFL							3
1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1940 COL AFL							3
1941 Columbus Bulls (AFL)1941 COL AFL							2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		4		43	10.8		1

1939 Year (AFL)1939 Year AFL3

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL)1940 COL AFL						1

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