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He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1621 to 1628 and Lord High Treasurer from 1628 to 1635, and had already been created Baron Weston, of Neyland in the County of Suffolk, in 1628.
The University of Tennessee retired White's jersey at a halftime presentation on October 1, 2005 during their game against the University of Mississippi, the third such retirement in the modern era of football at the school ; a commemorative sign was also unveiled in the south end of Neyland Stadium.
Although Neyland Stadium in Knoxville was slightly closer to Nashville, it was deemed too big ( at over 102, 000 seats ) for an NFL team.
Neyland was partially reprieved because silting of Goodwick harbour restricted its use, and for a little over one hundred years, Neyland was a busy rail and sea port.
The University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium in Knoxville was three hours east of Nashville, but was deemed too large ( at 102, 000 seats ) for an NFL team.
Bobby Dodd was a quarterback for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1928 to 1930, playing under legendary coach Robert Neyland.
Neyland Stadium ( pronounced NEE-land ) was first conceived in 1919.
An invitational track meet was then held as a celebration and thus became the very first event at Neyland Stadium.
In 1962, the stadium was renamed Neyland Stadium in honor of former athletic director and coach, General Robert Neyland.
The first night game at Neyland Stadium was played on September 16, 1972, with the Vols defeating Penn State, 28 – 21.
In a Spring 2001 poll in The Sporting News, Neyland Stadium was ranked as the nation's number 1 college football stadium.
On April 8, 2009, it was announced that Neyland Stadium was one of the 70 stadia named for the United States ' bid to either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
The largest crowd ever recorded at Neyland was 109, 061 on September 18, 2004, when Tennessee defeated Florida, 30 – 28.
Atkins originally went to Tennessee on a basketball scholarship, but once football coach General Robert R. Neyland saw his combination of size and agility, he was recruited for the grid team.
Robert Reese Neyland ( pronounced KNEE-land ), MBE ( February 17, 1892 – March 28, 1962 ) was an American football player and coach and officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of brigadier general.
Neyland was also an innovator.
Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee is not only named for " The General ", but was designed by him.

Neyland and 1856
The line from Swansea opened as far as Carmarthen on 11 October 1852 ; then to Haverfordwest on 2 January 1854 ; and finally to its terminus at Neyland on 15 April 1856.

Neyland and for
Neyland is flanked by the Thompson-Boling Arena, which has broken several attendance records for college men's and women's basketball.
The stadium is named for University of Tennessee football coach Robert Neyland ( 1892 – 1962 ).
Neyland, the man credited with making the Vols a national football power, coached the team from 1926 – 1952, with two interruptions for military service.
Attendance has been recorded for Vol football games at Neyland Stadium since 1946.
Through the 2010 season, the Tennessee Volunteers football team had compiled a record of 432 wins, 109 losses, and 17 ties at Neyland, for a winning percentage of. 789.
Neyland is also used for local high school playoff games.
Neyland Stadium is occasionally used for concerts, political rallies, and religious gatherings.
implemented the Neyland Stadium Master Plan, a long-term strategy for expanding, renovating, and maintaining the stadium.
The name " Rocky Top " is sometimes used as a nickname for East Tennessee, the city of Knoxville, and the University of Tennessee ( especially its two major athletic venues, Neyland Stadium and the Thompson-Boling Arena ).
Neyland holds the record for most wins in Tennessee Volunteers history with 173 wins in 216 games, six undefeated seasons, nine undefeated regular seasons, seven conference championships, and four national championships.
Neyland is also famous for creating the seven " Game Maxims " of football that many coaches, on all levels, still use.
Shortly before his death, Neyland drew up plans for a major expansion and renovation to the Vols ' home stadium, Shields-Watkins Field.
UT renamed the stadium Neyland Stadium in his honor before the 1962 season, and the plans he drew up were so far ahead of their time that they have been used as the basis for every major expansion since then.
Neyland attended Burleson Junior College in his home town of Greenville, Texas for a year and then transferred to Texas A & M playing football a year before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he starred as a football lineman and baseball pitcher and was the academy boxing champion.
Several months prior to his death, Neyland began working on a plan for supporters of UT athletic teams to show their interest in UT's academic programs by offering scholarships to attract outstanding student scholars to the University.

Neyland and terminus
Site of former terminus of the West Wales Line, at Neyland ( New Milford )

Neyland and Great
Planned to be the end of the Great Western Railway's line and its major sea port, replacing Neyland, problems with the harbour ( known as Fishguard Harbour ) prevented larger ocean liners from docking.

Neyland and Railway
File: Nayland Penfold. jpg | Queen Victoria Coat of Arms details from Penfold at the former Neyland Railway Station, Wales.

Neyland and with
Autobiography of a GWR driver from Neyland with much background about the town.
One of Neyland Stadium's most notable non-sporting events took place in May 1970, when the stadium hosted the Billy Graham Crusade, with President Richard Nixon as a guest speaker.
During that first nine year stint with the Vols, Neyland had five undefeated seasons, all within a six year period ( 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, and 1932 ).
Neyland was vindicated, however, as he ended his career with a flourish, leading the Vols to national championships in 1950 and 1951.

Neyland and terminal
But in 1964 the Neyland terminal ceased operation.

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