George Lawrence Neal (July 27, 1880 – June 29, 1947) was an American

Negro league The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

between 1909 and 1911. A native of

Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh most-populous city, the second largest o ...

, Neal made his Negro leagues debut in 1909 as player-manager with the

Buxton Wonders The Buxton Wonders was a small club of black baseball players formed in Buxton, Iowa running from approximately 1907 to 1920. Buxton, Iowa was a company town founded by the Consolidation Coal Company in 1900. It remained a productive coal mining ...

. He went on to play for the

Chicago Giants The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921. History The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giant ...

and

Leland Giants The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gian ...

in 1911. A "colorful player who used to humiliate opponents by turning cartwheels around the bases instead of running," Neal died in Springfield in 1947 at age 66.

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