DAVE A. NEALE

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1996

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1997

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

DAVE NEALE, A VETERAN USSSA MANAGER AND SPONSOR SINCE 1981, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE TEAM MANAGER CATEGORY.

THE 58 YEAR OLD BROOKLYN, OHIO NATIVE BEGAN HIS USSSA CAREER AS SKIPPER OF NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING IN 1981-1982. IN 1983 THE STEELE’S TEAM EMERGED UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.

IN THE USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES NEALE HAS MANAGED A TOTAL OF 13 TIMES. IN 1988 HIS STEELE’S SILVER BULLETS CLUB WON THE WORLD SERIES TITLE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. HIS LIFETIME MANAGERIAL RECORD IN USSSA PLAY EXCEEDS 500 WINS WITH FEWER THAT 100 LOSSES.

DAS HAS PROMOTED SOFTBALL ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS STEELE’S SILVER BULLETS TEAM THAT BARNSTORMED THE COUNTRY IN THE LATE 80’S. DURING THAT TIME HE MANAGED THE TEAM WHICH PLAYED IN 44 STATES AND WENT IN AREAS THAT WERE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE USSSA, BUT NEALE PROMOTED THE USSSA PROGRAM NEVERTHELESS.

NEALE HAS SAID THAT THE USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES IS THE GREATEST EVENT IN SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL.