Scotty Neill
Neill c. 1922
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| Vanderbilt Commodores No. 20 | |
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| Position | End/Punter |
| Class | Graduate |
| Major | Medicine |
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Birmingham-Southern (c. 1918) Vanderbilt (1919–1920; 1922) |
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| Date of birth | November 17, 1895 |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Date of death | July 7, 1963 (aged 67) |
| Place of death | Albany, Georgia |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
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Francis Kennedy "Scotty" Neill (November 17, 1895 – July 7, 1963) was an American football and baseball player for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University. He won the Bachelor of Ugliness in 1922, Vanderbilt's highest honor for a male undergraduate. Neill was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity, and graduated with an M. D. in 1925.
Neill was born on November 17, 1895 in Birmingham, Alabama to Peter Neill and Rosina Jones Dollop.
Neill was a member of the 1921 SIAA champion Vanderbilt baseball team. Neill often batted cleanup in his time with the Commodores, referred to as the "Babe Ruth of the SIAA." Neill led the team in home runs with 13. Vanderbilt's yearbook The Commodore states that in a 1921 game against Southwestern Presbyterian University, the team achieved a world record in scoring 13 runs in one inning, after two men were out. The Tennessean recalls the event: "Neely singled as did Kuhn; Neil fanned but Thomas got his third straight hit and both tallied. Big Tot got hit by a pitched ball and Smith was safe on a fielder's choice with one out. Woodruf flied out to right. Tyner slammed one to center which Jetty juggled and everybody advanced a pair of sacks. Ryan was safe on another error and two runs came over. Neely beat out his second hit of the inning and Kuhn walked. Neil walked. Thomas was safe on an error and Big Tot McCullough picked one over the right field fence, clearing the sacks--but oh, what's the use? Why continue?"
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