RIP: NCAA shot champ Neal Steinhauer, 76

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link to obit on home page.

A 5-time World Ranker (if not for one Randy Matson, would have been a 3-time No. 1)

Neal	Steinhauer	(US)	1965	2
Neal	Steinhauer	(US)	1966	2
Neal	Steinhauer	(US)	1967	2
Neal	Steinhauer	(US)	1968	7
Neal	Steinhauer	(US)	1969	3

and a 6-time U.S. Ranker, with a No. 1 there

Neal	Steinhauer	1965	2
Neal	Steinhauer	1966	2
Neal	Steinhauer	1967	2
Neal	Steinhauer	1968	4
Neal	Steinhauer	1969	1
Neal	Steinhauer	1970	8

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Neal, I believe, would have made the U.S. Olympic team to Mexico City in 1968, had it not been for a back injury he sustained that spring. He was fifth place at our Olympic Trials at South Lake Tahoe. Sorry to hear about another track and field death.