Bill Neely (American football)
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |
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| Position | End/Halfback |
| Class | Graduate |
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| College | Vanderbilt (1908–1910) |
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| Date of birth | June 22, 1887 |
| Place of birth | Smyrna, Tennessee |
| Date of death | May 16, 1965 (aged 77) |
| Place of death | Smyrna, Tennessee |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 156 lb (71 kg) |
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William Daniel "Bill" Neely, Jr. (June 22, 1887 – May 16, 1965) was a college football player.
William, Jr. was born on June 22, 1887 in Smyrna, Tennessee to William Daniel Neely, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Gooch. His father William died of sunstroke in 1900. His brother Jess Neely was a College Football Hall of Fame coach and captain of the undefeated 1922 Vanderbilt Commodores football team.
He was a prominent end and halfback for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams. Bill also lettered for the Vanderbilt basketball team.
He was captain of the undefeated and SIAA champion 1910 team, led as well by the likes of W. E. Metzger and Ray Morrison. That team managed a scoreless tie with defending national champion Yale. Neely recalled the event: "The score tells the story a good deal better than I can. All I want to say is that I never saw a football team fight any harder at every point that Vanderbilt fought today – line, ends, and backfield. We went in to give Yale the best we had and I think we about did it." Neely was selected All-Southern.
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