He set numerous school records at Wofford, including most points in a game (57), highest scoring average for a season (32.6 PPG) and highest season rebounding average (26.5)[2] At Wofford, Neal received the nickname "Daddy," a reference to his long, thin arms and legs which students compared to a daddy longlegs spider.

Neal played the next season with the Baltimore Bullets, where he averaged 2.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game until the franchise folded in November 1954.

[4] Neal was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990.

[5] Neal died on October 3, 2011, in his home in Greer, South Carolina.

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