Charles Neal Anderson was born on August 14,1964 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League during the 1980s and 1990s.
15 Facts About Neal Anderson
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Neal Anderson was a first-round pick in the 1986 NFL draft.
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Neal Anderson was a four-time Pro Bowl selection with the Bears.
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Neal Anderson attended Graceville High School, and played for the Graceville Tigers high school football team.
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Memorably, Anderson ran for 197 yards versus the Kentucky Wildcats as a freshman in 1982, a seventy-six-yard touchdown against the LSU Tigers in 1983, and 178 yards and an eighty-yard touchdown against the Tennessee Volunteers in 1984.
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Neal Anderson was a team captain in 1985, a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1985, an Associated Press honorable mention All-American in 1984 and 1985, and the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award in 1985.
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Neal Anderson graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in public relations in 1986, and was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1995.
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Neal Anderson played for the Bears for eight seasons from 1986 to 1993.
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Neal Anderson joined the franchise as a rookie immediately following the Bears' 1985 championship season.
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Neal Anderson was invited to the Pro Bowl in 1988,1989,1990 and 1991.
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Neal Anderson's career was shortened by injuries and the Bears' fall-out during the early 1990s.
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Neal Anderson is currently the Bears' third all-time franchise rusher, behind Payton and Matt Forte.
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Neal Anderson says his favorite memory from his NFL career was December 2,1990, when he scored a 50-yard game-winning touchdown on a pass from Jim Harbaugh against the Detroit Lions, which eliminated them from the playoffs and secured an appearance by the Bears.
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Neal Anderson is a big fan of professional wrestling and attended Wrestlemania XI.
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In 1998, Neal Anderson helped found, and is on the board of directors of, Community Bank and Trust of Florida, a bank with 11 locations in and near Gainesville.