# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:48:21.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-nelson"
name: "James Nelson"
slug: "james-nelson"
description: "James Nelson was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a full-back. He moved to Ireland as a child where he began his senior career with Irish Intermediate League side Crusaders. He spent two seasons with the team before joining Football League First Division side Cardiff City in 1921. After two seasons as a reserve, he became established in the first team and went on to make more than 250 appearances in all competitions. He helped the club reach two FA Cup finals, losing the first in 1925 before Cardiff became the first team from outside England to win the competition in 1927. He also won the 1927 FA Charity Shield and the Welsh Cup on four occasions with Cardiff."
tagline: "Scottish footballer (1901-1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nelson%2C_Jimmy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1901-01-07"
deathDate: "1965-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.94
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           6.336861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nelson"
    title: "James Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA)"
    title: "جیمز نلسون (فوتبالیست)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Nelson_(footballer)"
    title: "Jimmy Nelson (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF)"
    title: "جیمز نلسون (بازیکن فوتبال اهل اسکاتلند)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nelson_(football)"
    title: "James Nelson (football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6140321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump