Rody Nealon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1898
Place of Birth: Newtown, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: hurler
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Rody Nealon
- Rhoderick Nealon (16 January 1898 – 29 November 1988) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic games administrator.
- His championship career with the Waterford, Kilkenny and Tipperary senior teams lasted from 1918 until 1925.Born in Newtown, County Tipperary, Nealon first played competitive hurling in his youth.
- He was educated at the De La Salle College in Waterford where he featured prominently on the college hurling team. Nealon enjoyed a lengthy career with a variety of clubs, including De La Salle in Waterford, Mullinavat in Kilkenny and his home club of Youghalarra.
- With the latter he won a North Tipperary junior championship medal in 1931. As a student teacher in 1918, Nealon made his senior championship debut when he lined out with Waterford in their defeat by Limerick.
- Four years later he was included on the Kilkenny senior team.
- A return to his home county saw him selected for the Tipperary junior team in 1923.
- His two seasons with the team yielded an All-Ireland medal in 1924.
- Nealon's success with the junior team lead to his inclusion on the senior team and he won an All-Ireland medal in that grade in 1925. At the age of 26, Nealon became chairman of the North Tipperary GAA Board for a two-year term.
- He later served as chairman and secretary of the Burgess club at different times, while he was also a member of the Tipperary County Board and the Munster Council. Nealon's son, Donie, won five All-Ireland medals between 1958 and 1965 and his grandson, Seán, won an All-Ireland medal in 1991.
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