Vale Kevin 'Cowboy' Neale

[Elmer_Judd]

St Kilda lose a premiership hero: ‘Cowboy’ Neale dies at 78

St Kilda premiership hero Kevin “Cowboy” Neale has passed away overnight at the age of 78.

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What a very sad past 48 hours for the footy community..

Cowboy Neale was around before my time as a fan, but a great player and character from all reports

Condolences to his loved ones, mates and the St Kilda Footy Club.

Alzheimer's is such a horrible, soul destroying disease..

 

[Monocle]

A true character of the game larger than life.

Yes he was a physical player but he was also one hell of a footballer equally adept at playing either end of the ground.

I had the pleasure of meeting him when i was in my teens, what a personality, but underneath the hype and bravado was a genuinely true blue knock about guy.

RIP and Vale big fella.

What a very sad weekend for AFL football.

 

[LordLucifer]

He was an old school tough backman who didn't mind handing out an elbow or a shirtfront.

 

[Osho]

Great memories of this bloke. Pretty rugged fella, excellent mark, good kick, versatile, played hard, adored by saints fans.

 

[Plugger35]

I'm too young to have seen Cowboy play but by all accounts he was a great player and a great character and he is a legend at St Kilda.

Barry Breen gets a lot of attention for kicking the winning point in our 1966 flag but Cowboy's 5 goals was the real reason we won that flag.

Without him we would still be trying to break our premiership duck rather than trying to break our premiership drought.

 

[DEVO]

Knew of him from his days as Captain Coach of Ainslie in the ACTAFL, I didn't know of his links with St. Kilda until a little later.

A tough full forward who led Ainslie to four Premierships in five seasons.

RIP Cowboy

 

[Hojuman]

Larger than life. Don't make 'em like Cowboy and Ron anymore.

Well played Cowboy. B.O.G. - 3 votes.

 

[HairyO]

Probably most famous for knocking Peter Hudson out in the 1971 Grand Final when Hudson was well on the way to breaking the season goal kicking record.

 

[sherb]

Probably most famous for knocking Peter Hudson out in the 1971 Grand Final when Hudson was well on the way to breaking the season goal kicking record.

In fairness, he did kick 5 goals (out of 10) in St Kilda's 1966 Grand Final victory. A pretty significant contribution for a 21 year old.

But, yeah, I well remember what he did to Huddo in the 71 Grand Final. That's unfortunately how things often were back in those days.

 

[PenfoldsFan]

My earliest memories of league footy were when Cowboy Neale Coached my beloved Central District in the SANFL.

Rest easy big man, condolences to his Family.