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{{Short description|American football and baseball player and coach (1891–1973)}}
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| name = Greasy Neale
| image = Greasy Neale 1922.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Neale as Washington & Jefferson football coach, {{circa|1922}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|11|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|11|2|1891|11|5}}
| death_place = [[Lake Worth, Florida]], U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = {{Circa|1913}}
| player_team2 = [[West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football|West Virginia Wesleyan]]
| player_years3 = 1917
| player_team3 = [[Canton Bulldogs]]
| player_years4 = 1918
| player_team4 = [[Dayton Triangles]]
| player_years5 = 1919
| player_team5 = [[Massillon Tigers]]
| player_positions = [[End (gridiron football)|End]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1915
| coach_team2 = [[Muskingum Fighting Muskies football|Muskingum]]
| coach_years3 = 1916–1917
| coach_team3 = [[West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football|West Virginia Wesleyan]]
| coach_years4 = 1918
| coach_team4 = [[Dayton Triangles]]
| coach_years5 = 1919–1920
| coach_team5 = [[Marietta Pioneers football|Marietta]]
| coach_years6 = 1921–1922
| coach_team6 = [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Washington & Jefferson]]
| coach_years7 = 1923–1928
| coach_team7 = [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia]]
| coach_years8 = 1930
| coach_team8 = [[Ironton Tanks]]
| coach_years9 = 1931–1933
| coach_team9 = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia]]
| coach_years10 = 1934–1940
| coach_team10 = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] (backs)
| coach_years11 = 1941–1950
| coach_team11 = [[Philadelphia Eagles]]
| coach_sport12 = Basketball
| coach_years13 = 1919–1921
| coach_team13 = [[Marietta Pioneers men's basketball|Marietta]]
| coach_sport14 = Baseball
| coach_years15 = 1923–1928
| coach_team15 = [[Virginia Cavaliers baseball|Virginia]]
| coach_years16 = 1927–1928
| coach_team16 = [[Clarksburg Generals]]
| coach_years17 = 1929
| coach_team17 = [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (3rd base)
| coach_years18 = 1929
| coach_team18 = [[Rochester Red Wings]] (3rd base)
| coach_years19 = 1930
| coach_team19 = Clarksburg Generals
| overall_record = 82–54–11 (college football)<br />26–11 (college basketball)<br />80–73–2 (college baseball)<br>66–44–5 (NFL)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 3–1 (NFL playoffs)
| championships = 2 [[Ohio League]] (1917, 1918)<br />2 [[History of National Football League Championship|NFL]] (1948, 1949)
| awards = [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] (1969)<br />[[Philadelphia Eagles#Eagles Hall of Fame|Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame]] (1987)
| coaching_records = 
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| CFBHOF_id = 1362
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'''Alfred Earle''' "'''Greasy'''" '''Neale''' (November 5, 1891 – November 2, 1973) was an American [[American football|football]] and [[baseball]] player and coach.

==Early life==

Neale was born on November 5, 1891, in [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Parkersburg-West-Virginia.html|title=Parkersburg, West Virginia |publisher=  City-Data.com|access-date= June 7, 2014}}</ref> Although writers eventually assumed that Neale got his nickname, "Greasy", from his elusiveness on the football field, it actually arose during his youth, from a name-calling joust with a friend.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greasy Neale: Nothing To Prove, Nothing To Ask |first=Gerald |last=Holland |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1964/08/24/608446/greasy-neale-nothing-to-prove-nothing-to-ask |newspaper=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=August 24, 1964 |access-date=October 26, 2011}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Baseball===
[[File:Earl Neale (circa 1919).jpg|thumb|Neale with the Cincinnati Reds of the MLB, {{circa|1919|lk=no}}]]

Neale played [[Major League Baseball]] as an [[outfielder]] with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] between 1916 and 1924 and briefly with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] for part of the 1921 season. Neale was the starting right fielder for the championship-winning [[1919 Cincinnati Reds season|1919 Reds]]. He batted .357 in the [[1919 World Series]] and led the Reds with ten hits in their eight-game series win over the [[Black Sox Scandal|scandalous]] [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|White Sox]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Greasy Neale Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nealegr01.shtml |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Neale spent all but 22 games of his baseball career with the Reds. He had a career [[batting average]] of .259 with 8 home runs, 200 [[Run batted in|RBI]], and 139 stolen bases, and finished in the top ten in stolen bases in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] four times. When football season came around, often he would leave baseball and fulfill his football duties (albeit playing about 90% of a baseball season most years, with the exception of 1919 when he played the entire season, including the World Series).<ref name=":0" />

===Football===

Neale also played professional football in the [[Ohio League]] with the [[Canton Bulldogs]] in 1917, the [[Dayton Triangles]] in 1918, and the [[Massillon Tigers]] in 1919. He 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. He coached the Triangles in 1918.

==Coaching career==
===College===

Neale began his coaching career while still a professional player. He served as the head football coach at [[Muskingum University|Muskingum College]] (1915), [[West Virginia Wesleyan College]] (1916–1917), [[Marietta College]] (1919–1920), [[Washington & Jefferson College]] (1921–1922), the [[University of Virginia]] (1923–1928), and [[West Virginia University]] (1931–1933), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 82–54–11. He coached basketball for two seasons at Marietta (1919–1921) as well, amassing a record of 26–11. He also served as an assistant football coach with [[Yale University|Yale Bulldogs football]] for seven seasons (1934–1940).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earle (Greasy) Neale {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/earle-greasy-neale |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=pfhof |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Greasy Neale Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/NealGr0.htm |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

At Washington & Jefferson, he led his 1921 squad to the [[1922 Rose Bowl|Rose Bowl]], where the [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Presidents]] played the [[1921 California Golden Bears football team|California Golden Bears]] to a scoreless tie.  At Virginia, Neale was also the head baseball coach from 1923 to 1928, tallying a mark of 80–73–2.<ref name=":1" />

===Baseball===
In 1927 and 1928, Neale managed the [[Clarksburg Generals]] of the [[Middle Atlantic League]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mid-Atlantic Sees Prosperous Season |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqFhAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA54&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Gazette Times |date=April 9, 1927}}</ref> He returned to the club late into the 1928 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greasy Neale Will Manage Clarksburg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z2ZfAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Washington Reporter |date=August 10, 1928}}</ref>

In 1929, Neale joined the coaching staff of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref>{{cite news |title="Greasy" Neale Goes To Cards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=281XAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA33&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |date=January 9, 1929}}</ref> He started the season as the team's third base coach, but was demoted to the [[Rochester Red Wings]] along with manager [[Billy Southworth]] on July 24, 1929.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pirate Notes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zW8bAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA33&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The Pittsburgh Press |date=April 29, 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sam Breadon Sends Neale to Rochester |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cr1cAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Evening Tribune |date=July 29, 1929}}</ref> The following month he was replaced by [[Ray Blades]] and became a scout for the Cardinals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ray Blades Returns; Cunningham Goes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDFVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA14&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Rochester Evening Journal |date=August 12, 1929}}</ref>

In 1930, Neale once again managed the Generals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jays Open With Cumberland Club There On May 9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYhYAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=The News-Dispatch |date=February 24, 1930}}</ref>

===Independent football===

Neale later coached the independent professional [[Ironton Tanks]]. He and Tanks quarterback [[Glenn Presnell]] claimed victories against the NFL's second-place New York Giants and third-place Chicago Bears in 1930, however the team folded in 1931.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Greasy Neale: Parkersburg’s most accomplished athlete and coach |url=https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/community-news/2023/11/remembering-greasy-neale-parkersburgs-most-accomplished-athlete-and-coach/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=newsandsentinel.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Return to college===
In 1931, Neale returned to college coaching as the head football coach at West Virginia.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Mountaineer Coach |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yy1XAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |date=December 2, 1930}}</ref> In 1934, he became the backfield coach at Yale, where his brother, Widdy, was the director of intramural athletics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pond and Neale Named Yale Coaches |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysNRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA16&dq |access-date=15 March 2025 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=February 1, 1934}}</ref>

===Professional===
Neale moved to the [[National Football League]] (NFL), to serve as the head coach of the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] from 1941 to 1950. From 1944 through 1949, Neale's Eagles finished second three times and in first place three times. The Eagles won the NFL Championship in 1948 and again in 1949, and became the first team to win back-to-back titles since the 1940 and 1941 Chicago Bears by shutting out their opponents, beating the Chicago Cardinals 7–0 in the snow ridden [[1948 NFL Championship Game]] and the Los Angeles Rams 14–0 in the [[1949 NFL Championship Game]] in a driving rain storm. It was the last championship for the Eagles until 1960.  His offense was led by the passing of quarterback [[Tommy Thompson (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]]. He tallied a mark of 66–44–5 including playoff games in his ten seasons with the club. Neale was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1967 and the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 1969. Both inductions recognized his coaching career.<ref name=":1" />

Neale died in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, at the age of 81 and was later interred in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens in West Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Greasy Neale – Society for American Baseball Research |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/greasy-neale/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College football===
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 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1915
 | endyear   = single
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 | name      = [[West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats football|West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1916
 | endyear   = 1917
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1916 college football season|1916]]
 | name         = West Virginia Wesleyan
 | overall      = 5–6
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 | year         = [[1917 college football season|1917]]
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = West Virginia Wesleyan
 | overall    = 10–8
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Marietta Pioneers football|Marietta Pioneers]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1919
 | endyear   = 1920
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1919 college football season|1919]]
 | name         = Marietta
 | overall      = 7–0{{#tag:ref|[[R. L. Cooke]] coached the first game of the season.|group="n"|name=1919season}}
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 | year         = [[1920 college football season|1920]]
 | name         = Marietta
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Marietta
 | overall    = 14–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Washington & Jefferson Presidents football|Washington & Jefferson Presidents]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1921
 | endyear   = 1922
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = national
 | year         = [[1921 college football season|1921]]
 | name         = [[1921 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team|Washington & Jefferson]]
 | overall      = 10–0–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = [[1922 Rose Bowl|Rose]]
 | bowloutcome  = T
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1922 college football season|1922]]
 | name         = [[1922 Washington & Jefferson Presidents football team|Washington & Jefferson]]
 | overall      = 6–3–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Washington & Jefferson
 | overall    = 16–3–2
 | confrecord = 
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Virginia Cavaliers football|Virginia Cavaliers]]
 | conf      = [[Southern Conference]]
 | startyear = 1923
 | endyear   = 1928
}}
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1923 college football season|1923]]
 | name         = [[1923 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 3–5–1
 | conference   = 0–3–1
 | confstanding = 17th
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1924 college football season|1924]]
 | name         = [[1924 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 5–4
 | conference   = 3–2
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1925 college football season|1925]]
 | name         = [[1925 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 7–1–1
 | conference   = 4–1–1
 | confstanding = T–5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1926 college football season|1926]]
 | name         = [[1926 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 6–2–2
 | conference   = 4–2–1
 | confstanding = 6th
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1927 college football season|1927]]
 | name         = [[1927 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 5–4
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = T–8th
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1928 college football season|1928]]
 | name         = [[1928 Virginia Cavaliers football team|Virginia]]
 | overall      = 2–6–1
 | conference   = 1–6
 | confstanding = T–20th
 | bowlname     = 
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 | ranking2     = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Virginia
 | overall    = 28–22–5
 | confrecord = 16–18–3
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[West Virginia Mountaineers football|West Virginia Mountaineers]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1931
 | endyear   = 1933
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 | year         = [[1931 college football season|1931]]
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 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1933 college football season|1933]]
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 | name       = West Virginia
 | overall    = 12–16–3
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===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won !!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result
|-
![[1941 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1941 NFL season|1941]]
||2||8||1||{{winpct|2|8|1}}||4th in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1942 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1942 NFL season|1942]]
||2||9||0||{{winpct|2|9|0}}||5th in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[Steagles|PHI-PIT]]||[[1943 NFL season|1943]]
||5||4||1||{{winpct|5|4|1}}||3rd in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1944 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1944 NFL season|1944]]
||7||1||2||{{winpct|7|1|2}}||2nd in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1945 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1945 NFL season|1945]]
||7||3||0||{{winpct|7|3|0}}||2nd in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[1946 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1946 NFL season|1946]]
||6||5||0||{{winpct|6|5|0}}||2nd in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd;"
![[1947 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1947 NFL season|1947]]
||8||4||0||{{winpct|8|4|0}}||'''1st in NFL Eastern'''|| 1 || 1 || {{winpct|1|1}} ||  <small>'''Lost to [[Chicago Cardinals]] in [[1947 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]]'''</small>
|-style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1948 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1948 NFL season|1948]]
||9||2||1||{{winpct|9|2|1}}||'''1st in NFL Eastern'''|| 1 || 0 || {{winpct|1|0}} ||  <small>'''Won [[1948 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]]'''</small>
|-style="background:#FDE910;"
![[1949 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1949 NFL season|1949]]
||11||1||0||{{winpct|11|1|0}}||'''1st in NFL Eastern'''|| 1 || 0 || {{winpct|1|0}} ||  <small>'''Won [[1949 NFL Championship Game|NFL Championship]]'''</small>
|-
![[1950 Philadelphia Eagles season|PHI]]||[[1950 NFL season|1950]]
||6||6||0||{{winpct|6|6|0}}||3rd in NFL Eastern|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"| PHI Total || 63 || 43 || 5 || {{winpct|63|43|5}} |||| 3 || 1 || {{winpct|3|1}} || 
|-
! colspan="2"| Total || 63 || 43 || 5 || {{winpct|63|43|5}} |||| 3 || 1 || {{winpct|3|1}} || 
|}

==See also==
* [[List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==

* Jim Campbell, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101006201618/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/16-02-558.pdf "John Alexander: Pro Football Pioneer,"] ''Coffin Corner,'' vol. 16, no. 2 (1995), pp.&nbsp;1–9.
* Bob Curran, ''Pro Football's Rag Days.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103147/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/A_War_Year.pdf "1918: A War Year,"] ''Coffin Corner,'' (2012), pp.&nbsp;1–3.

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* {{Footballstats |nfl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=N/NealGr0c |rotoworld= }}
* {{Find a Grave}}

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