American football player (born 1941)
American football player
James Benjamin Nelson (born April 1, 1941) is a former American football halfback and defensive back. He played one season for the AFL's Houston Oilers in 1964. Nelson was co-captain on the 1963 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.[1]
who Forrest Gump portrays as the Alabama half back who made the 1963 all American team.
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