Editing Stephen Neal (section)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}
{{About|the New England Patriots offensive lineman|other people named Stephen Neal|Steve Neal (disambiguation){{!}}Steve Neal}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Stephen Neal
| image         = Stephen-Neal 8-28-09 Patriots-vs-Redskins.jpg
| caption       = Neal with the New England Patriots in 2009
| number        = 61
| position      = [[Guard (American football)|Guard]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1976|10|09}}
| birth_place   = [[San Diego, California]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 4
| weight_lbs    = 305
| high_school   = [[San Diego High School|San Diego (CA)]]
| college       = [[Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|Cal State Bakersfield]]
| undraftedyear = 2001
| pastteams     = * [[New England Patriots]] ({{NFL Year|2001}})*
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|2001}})*
* New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|2001}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
| highlights    = * 3× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXVI|XXXVI]], [[Super Bowl XXXVIII|XXXVIII]], [[Super Bowl XXXIX|XXXIX]])
* [[Freestyle wrestling|Freestyle Wrestling]] [[World Wrestling Championships|World]] champion ([[1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg|1999]])
* 2× [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I Wrestling]] champion (1998, 1999)
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 86
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 81
| pfr           = N/NealSt20
}}
{{MedalTableTop|name=|image=|imagesize=|alt=|caption=}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Wrestling Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 World Wrestling Championships|1999 Ankara]] | [[1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg|130 kg]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Wrestling at the 1999 Pan American Games|130 kg]]}}
{{MedalSport|[[Collegiate wrestling|Collegiate Wrestling]]}}
{{MedalCountry|the [[Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1998 Cleveland|275 lb}}
{{MedalGold|1999 State College|285 lb}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Cedar Falls|275 lb}}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Stephen Matthew Neal''' (born October 9, 1976) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[Guard (American football)|guard]] who played his entire career for the [[New England Patriots]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He is a former [[1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg|world champion]] in [[freestyle wrestling]] and two-time [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA]] national champion [[Wrestling|wrestler]] at [[California State University, Bakersfield#Athletics|Cal State-Bakersfield]]. He was signed by the Patriots as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 2001, and won three [[Super Bowl ring]]s with the team. He is one of a handful of NFL players who did not play [[college football]].