Greasy Neale
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Position (s): Head Coach |
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| born November 5, 1891 in Parkersburg , West Virginia | |
| died on November 2, 1973 in Lake Worth , Florida | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1941 - 1950 | |
| College : West Virginia Wesleyan College | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 111 |
| Won | 63 |
| Lost | 43 |
| Coaching stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale (* 5. November 1891 in Parkersburg , West Virginia ; † 2. November 1973 in Lake Worth , Florida ) was an American American football coach and baseball players . Neale won the National Football League (NFL) championship as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Major League Baseball (MLB) championship as the Cincinnati Reds baseball player .
youth
Greasy Neale worked in an iron mill after graduating from school . He was used to lubricate the machines, which earned him his nickname "Greasy". Disliked his first name, he kept Greasy as his nickname. At the mill, Neale had to work 16 hours a day on a weekly wage of $ 12.50 . After two years, Neale returned to high school and took over the coaching position with the football team. In 1912 he received a scholarship from West Virginia Wesleyan College . At the same time he played baseball in a sub-class baseball team. After graduating in 1914, he continued to play baseball in sub-leagues in the summer and coached the Muskingum College football team in the fall .
Baseball player
In 1916, Neale received a contract from the Cincinnati Reds of a major league baseball team and played there as an outfielder . In 1919 he moved to the World Series with his team .
The Reds were able to prevail against the Chicago White Sox with 5: 3 wins . Neale contributed significantly to the victory of his team with ten hits . Only afterwards did it become apparent that numerous White Sox players had manipulated the outcome of the championship. The players concerned were involved in a betting scandal and had accepted bribes. The endgame series went down in baseball history as the Black Sox scandal . After a brief stint with the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1921 season, Neale returned to the Reds in 1922 and ended his baseball career there after the 1924 season after 768 games.
Football player and coach
During his baseball career with the Reds, Neale coached the college football team at his former college. At the same time, he played professional American football with the Canton Bulldogs from 1912 . The double signing was no problem for Neale, as the Bulldogs and their star player Jim Thorpe only went to the game on Sunday, but never trained together. In 1918 he played for the Dayton Triangles and a year later for the Massillon Tigers . From 1919, Neale coached the Marietta College football team for two years. In 1921 he coached the Washington & Jefferson College team in the Rose Bowl . The game against the University of California ended with a 0-0. From 1923 to 1929 Neale was in charge of the University of Virginia football team for six years . Greasy then briefly returned to baseball. He trained the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929 to appear as a player and manager of various lower-class baseball teams in the summer from 1930 onwards. He always kept an eye on his career as a football coach and at times coached a football team that did not belong to any league. Between 1930 and 1933 he supervised the team at West Virginia University and then worked as an assistant coach at Yale University . He held this post until his engagement by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1941.
The first two years as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles were not very successful for Neale. More games were lost than won. In 1943 there was a shortage of players in the NFL due to World War II . The Eagles were forced to form a syndicate with the Pittsburgh Steelers . Together with Walt Kiesling , the trainer of the Steelers, Neale looked after this syndicate for a year. For the first time this season he won more games in a game round with the Phil-Pitt Steagles than he lost. This shouldn't change until the end of his coaching career. In the next few years Neale succeeded by signing numerous players who were accepted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after their careers , to form a top team from the Eagles. The running back Steve Van Buren , the end Pete Pihos or the center Alex Wojciechowicz could be tied to the team. In 1947 Neale moved with his team for the first time in the NFL championship game , but where they lost to the Chicago Cardinals , supervised by Jimmy Conzelman , with 28:21. It should be Neale's only defeat in the final. For the next two years, the Eagles would dominate the NFL. In 1948 they won the final against the Cardinals 7-0. In 1949 they were able to prevail against the Los Angeles Rams 14-0. After the 1950 season, Greasy Neale ended his coaching career.
Familiar
Greasy Neale was married and was living in a nursing home at the time of his death. He is buried in the Parkersburg Memorial Garden in his hometown .
Honors
Earle Neale is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame , the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame . The Philadelphia Eagles honor him on the Eagles Hall of Fame . In 1948 he was named NFL Coach of the Year .
literature
- Norman Lee Macht, "Football's Last Iron Men: 1934, Yale vs. Princeton, and One Stunning Upset (Bison Original)", 2010, ISBN 9780803234017 .
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Short biography ( memento from September 24, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- obituary
- THE YEAR GREASY NEALE WAS FIRED ( Memento from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 38 kB)
- Greasy Neale in the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1919 Cincinnati Reds Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ 1919 World Series - Cincinnati Reds over Chicago White Sox (5-3) | Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ 1947 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Championship - Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Cardinals - December 28th, 1947 | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ 1948 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Championship - Chicago Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles - December 19th, 1948 | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ 1949 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Championship - Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams - December 18th, 1949 | Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
- ^ Alfred Earle “Greasy” Neale (1891-1973) - Find A ... Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Neale, Greasy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neale, Alfred Earle (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football coach and baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parkersburg , West Virginia , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd November 1973 |
| Place of death | Lake Worth , Florida , United States |