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Neal Stayton
Born February 28, 1970 in Coral Gables, son of Florencia Childs and Leonard Stayton. Neal went to school at Coral Way Elementary, Shenandoah Jr. High and Miami Senior High School. Neal was one of only two 5th graders at Coral Way allowed to play 6th grade team sports. While in middle school, he won several city and county championships in football and basketball for Shenandoah Park. Neal played against Douglas Edwards (NBA-Atlanta Hawks) and with David Diaz and Benny Valdes (Current Principal of Miami Senior High School) while at Shenandoah. Once he arrived at Miami Senior High, he played with Darren Mickel (NFL-Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers) and later coached at Miami High current NFL players Atari Bigby and Roscoe Parish. Neal played Arena Football briefly for the Miami Hooters during the 1992-1993 season, and later went on to become a physical education teacher at Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Neal's sports talents were fine tuned and his career was inspired by his two mentors, Billy Long and Andrew Brown, his elementary school p.e. teachers.