Description
Albert "Al" Nelson is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League for nine seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Cincinnati and was drafted in the third round of the 1965 NFL Draft. Nelson was also selected in the ninth round of the 1965 AFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
On September 26, 1971, at Veterans Stadium, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nelson had a record 102-yard return of a missed field goal. The previous holder of the record was his coach at the time Jerry Williams. In the previous off-season, the league had allowed missed field goals kicked into end zone to be returned. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
October 27th, 1943 in Cincinnati (Age 81)
Last Changes
2022/07/26
New Response (Success): Sent 2 trading cards. Received both cards back sig..
2022/07/26
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2016/08/28
New Response (Success): 1970 and 1974 Topps