Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale was an American football and baseball player and coach.
12 Facts About Greasy Neale
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Greasy Neale was the starting right fielder for the championship-winning 1919 Reds.
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Greasy Neale spent all but 22 games of his baseball career with the Reds.
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Greasy Neale played professional football in the Ohio League with the Canton Bulldogs in 1917, the Dayton Triangles in 1918, and the Massillon Tigers in 1919.
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Greasy Neale 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.
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Greasy Neale began his coaching career while still a professional player.
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Greasy Neale served as an assistant football coach at Yale Bulldogs football for seven seasons.
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Greasy Neale moved to the National Football League, serving as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1941 to 1950.
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From 1944 through 1949, Greasy Neale's Eagles finished second three times and in first place three times.
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Greasy Neale's offense was led by the passing of quarterback Tommy Thompson, the pass catching of future Hall of Fame end Pete Pihos, and the running of another Hall of Famer, Steve Van Buren.
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Greasy Neale was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
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Greasy Neale died in Florida at the age of 81 and is buried at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens in West Virginia.