Neil Mahoney

Neil T. Mahoney (November 21, 1906 — May 23, 1973) was an American professional baseball scout, scouting director, and player development official. Mahoney spent more than 30 years with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball, and as director of minor league operations and director of player procurement, he played an instrumental role in Boston's 1967 and 1975 American League championships.

A native of Newton, Massachusetts, Mahoney graduated with a business degree from Northeastern University in 1929, then played semi-professional baseball in New England, and one professional season (1934) as a catcher for the Watertown Townies and the Lowell Hustlers of the Class B Northeastern League. He first joined the Red Sox as an area scout in 1939, but during World War II he became head baseball and basketball coach of Bowdoin College. After the war, he rejoined the Red Sox and during the 1950s was promoted to East Coast scouting supervisor. He signed New England players such as Jimmy Piersall, Walt Dropo and Wilbur Wood for Boston. He also signed University of Florida catcher Haywood Sullivan, who would succeed Mahoney as the Red Sox' scouting director in 1973 and later become general manager and part-owner of the Bosox.