More Info →Harold Nelson - Manawatū Rugby

Description

The son of John Nelson (a member of the Fire Brigade and later night-watchman for the Borough Council), Harold Nelson was the ball boy for the Manawatū representative rugby team. He was born in 1900 and died 19 July 1967. This is one of the first green and white jerseys - colours that would become iconic as the Manawatu colours.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sp 26

Date

circa 1910

Digitisation ID

2014N_Sp26_008528

Held In

Coolstore