Greasy Neale
American football and baseball player and coach (1891-1973) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 81
Alfred Earle "Greasy" Neale was an American football and baseball player and coach. Neale was an end for West Virginia Wesleyan in the 1910s before becoming involved in professional baseball and football as both player and coach.
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He served as the regular outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds from 1916 to 1920, which included leading the team in hits in the 1919 World Series, the first championship in team history. He also spent time playing in the Ohio League as an end, playing a season each for Canton, Dayton, and Massillon from 1917 to 1919. He stopped playing baseball and football by the 1920s to focus on coaching, coaching for five different teams from 1915 to 1922 before settling with the University of Virginia, where he coached football and baseball from 1923 to 1928.
