Greasy Neale
Neale as Washington & Jefferson football coach, c. 1922
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 5, 1891 Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| Died | November 2, 1973 (aged 81) Lake Worth, Florida |
| Alma mater | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| Playing career | |
| 1917 | Canton Bulldogs |
| 1918 | Dayton Triangles |
| 1919 | Massillon Tigers |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
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| 1915 | Muskingum |
| 1916–1917 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 1918 | Dayton Triangles |
| 1919–1920 | Marietta |
| 1921–1922 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 1923–1928 | Virginia |
| 1930 | Ironton Tanks |
| 1931–1933 | West Virginia |
| 1934–1940 | Yale (backs) |
| 1941–1950 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Baseball | |
| 1923–1929 | Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 82–54–11 (college football) 26–11 (college basketball) 80–73–2 (college baseball) 66–44–5 (NFL) |
| Tournaments | 3–1 (NFL playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Ohio League (1917, 1918) 2 NFL (1948, 1949) |
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| Awards | |
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Pro Football Hall of Fame (1969) Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame (1987) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1967 (profile) |
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| Greasy Neale | |||
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Born: November 5, 1891 Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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Died: November 2, 1973 (aged 81) Lake Worth, Florida |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 12, 1916, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 13, 1924, for the Cincinnati Reds | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .259 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 200 | ||
| Stolen bases | 139 | ||
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Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale (November 5, 1891 – November 2, 1973) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Neale was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Although writers eventually assumed that Neale got his nickname, "Greasy", from his elusiveness on the football field, it actually arose during his youth, from a name-calling joust with a friend.
He played Major League Baseball as an outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds between 1916 and 1924 and briefly with the Philadelphia Phillies for part of the 1921 season. Neale was the starting right fielder for the 1919 Cincinnati Reds. He batted .357 in the 1919 World Series and led the Reds with ten hits in their eight-game series win over the scandalous White Sox.
Neale spent all but 22 games of his baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds. He had a career batting average of .259 and finished in the top ten in stolen bases in the National League four times. When football season came around, often he would leave baseball and fulfill his football duties (albeit playing about 90% of a baseball season most years, with the exception of 1919 when he played the entire season, including the 1919 World Series).
Neale also played professional football in the Ohio League with the Canton Bulldogs in 1917, the Dayton Triangles in 1918, and the Massillon Tigers in 1919. He starred as an end on Jim Thorpe's pre-World War I Canton Bulldogs as well as the Dayton Triangles in 1918 and Massillon Tigers in 1919. He coached the Triangles in 1918.
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