Troy Neal is a former professional American football player who played for the

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of the

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. He attended

Townsend Park High School Townsend Park High School was a segregated, all-black high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, operated by the Dollarway School District. As a result of the lawsuit ''Dove v. Parham'', it was eventually merged into Dollarway High School. History Prio ...

, a segregated blacks-only school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He played for the Jets in the 1974 preseason before suffering a career-ending knee injury against the

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