Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert McNeal | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 January 1891||
Place of birth | Hobson, County Durham, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 15 May 1956[1] | (aged 65)||
Place of death | West Bromwich, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-half | ||
Youth career | |||
Hobson Wanderers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1910–1925 | West Bromwich Albion | 370 | (9) |
Total | 370 | (9) | |
International career | |||
1914 | England | 2 | (0) |
Football League | 5 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert McNeal (19 January 1891 – 15 May 1956) was an English footballer who played as a left-half. Despite his career running through World War I, he managed nearly 400 appearances in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion, playing in some of the most successful seasons in the club's history. He won the Second Division (1910–11), First Division (1919–20), and Charity Shield (1920), and played in the 1912 FA Cup final.