Fred McNeill

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Fred McNeill
Career information
Date of birth:	(1952-05-06) May 6, 1952
Place of birth:	Durham, North Carolina
Position(s):	Linebacker
College:	UCLA
NFL Draft:	1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 17
Organizations
As player:
1974–1985	Minnesota Vikings
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Frederick Arnold McNeill (born May 6, 1952) was a linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League for 12 seasons from 1974-1985. McNeill was selected out of UCLA by the Vikings in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft with the 17th overall selection.

He played on defenses that led the NFC in fewest points allowed in 1976 and the NFL in fewest total yards allowed in 1975 and fewest passing yards allowed in 1976.

McNeill appeared in 2 Super Bowls with the Vikings, Super Bowl IX and Super Bowl XI. McNeill blocked a punt in Super Bowl XI.

During his last campaign with the Vikings, he began his studies at the William Mitchell College of Law, where graduated at the top of his class. He has had to endure chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in recent years.^[1]

McNeill was voted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.^[2]

References

↑ Laskas, Jeanne Marie. "The People V. Football," GQ (magazine), March 2011.
↑ UCLA Athletics Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Class, UCLABruins.com, May 4, 2012

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v t e 1974 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Ed Jones Bo Matthews John Hicks Waymond Bryant John Dutton Carl Barzilauskas J. V. Cain Ed O'Neil Wilbur Jackson Bill Sandifer John Cappelletti Barty Smith Rick Middleton Randy Gradishar Don Goode Woody Green Fred McNeill Reuben Gant Henry Lawrence Dave Gallagher Lynn Swann Charley Young Bill Kollar Roger Carr Steve Riley Donald Reese

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason Dunaway Eller Snow Shay Jones G. Washington Page Yary Ward Hayden Siemon Foreman McNeill Riley Mullaney White Kramer Holloway Brown Martin Nelson Browner Millard Doleman Robinson Dozier McDaniel R. Smith D. Washington Steussie Alexander Stringer Clemons Rudd Moss Culpepper Underwood Hovan Bennett McKinnie Williams Udeze Williamson James Greenway Peterson Harvin Ponder Kalil H. Smith Floyd Rhodes Patterson

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v t e Minnesota Vikings 1974 NFL Draft selections

Fred McNeill Steve Riley John Holland Matt Blair Steve Craig Scott Anderson Mike Townsend Jim Ferguson Mark Kellar Fred Tabron Berl Simmons Sam McCullum Barry Reed Dave Boone Randy Polti Gary Keller Alan Dixon Kurt Wachtler John Gobel Earl Garrett

Draft Years 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1984 (Supplemental) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Persondata
Name	McNeill, Fred
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	May 6, 1952
Place of birth	Durham, North Carolina
Date of death
Place of death

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