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Christopher Michael Neal (born 23 October 1985) is an English football goalkeeper who plays for League One club Doncaster Rovers, on loan from Port Vale.
He began his career at Preston North End, making his Football League debut in February 2005, having previously impressed in a brief loan spell at Conference club Tamworth. He had short loan spells at Shrewsbury Town and Morecambe in the 2006–07 season as a covering player, before he was signed by Shrewsbury Town permanently in July 2009. He was the club's regular custodian as promotion to League One was achieved in 2011–12. He joined Port Vale in July 2012, and helped the club to secure promotion out of League Two in 2012–13. He joined Doncaster Rovers on loan in February 2016.
Neal began his career at Preston North End, signing professional forms under Billy Davies at the start of the 2004–05 season. He went on loan to Conference club Tamworth in January 2005. He made his debut for the "Lambs" on 8 January, in a 4–3 defeat to Aldershot Town at the Recreation Ground. He kept a clean sheet on his debut at The Lamb Ground 16 days later, as Tamworth recorded a 1–0 win over Accrington Stanley; during the game he was credited with making a "brilliant" save. He played a total of six games for Mark Cooper's side, before returning to Preston in February. He made his first and only appearance for the "Lilywhites" on 18 February, as Gavin Ward was forced to leave the field 83 minutes into a 1–1 draw with Ipswich Town in a Championship fixture at Deepdale. At the end of the season Chester City and Tamworth attempted to sign him on loan, but both clubs were unsuccessful. He was linked to a move to Oldham Athletic in July 2006, but again no move materialized.
Christopher "Chris" Richard O'Neal (born April 4, 1994) is an American actor who received his first major television role in the 2012 Nickelodeon series How to Rock, which premiered on February 4, 2012 and ended on December 8, 2012.
In How to Rock, O'Neal plays the role of "Kevin Reed", a gawky high school freshman who is the drummer for the band Gravity 5. O'Neal, a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, attends Teaneck High School, and previously attended Teaneck Community Charter School.He appeared in several commercials and in a Saturday Night Live skit before getting his first recurring role.
He also co-hosted the Nickelodeon series, You Gotta See This with Noah Crawford. Nine of the 20 episodes were aired in the USA in 2012. O'Neal has a role in the 2013 Nickelodeon film Swindle. Chris raps and writes poetry. He is self described as tall and skinny.
In 2014 Chris dropped his EP "Just getting started ".Also Chris was in a Dairy Queens commercial.