Neil Clabo

{{Short description|American football player (1952–2024)}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|number=12

|position=Punter

|birth_date= {{birth date|1952|11|18|mf=y}}

|birth_place= Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.

|death_date= {{death date and age|2024|7|10|1952|11|18|mf=y}}

|death_place= Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=2

|weight_lbs=200

|high_school=Farragut {{nowrap|(Farragut, Tennessee)}}

|college=Tennessee

|draftyear=1975

|draftround=10

|draftpick=258

|pastteams=

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1975|1977}})

| highlights =

• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1975)
• First-team All-SEC (1974)
• Second-team All-SEC (1973)

|statlabel1=Punts

|statvalue1=225

|statlabel2=Punt yards

|statvalue2=8,977

|statlabel3=Longest punt

|statvalue3=69

|pfr=ClabNe20

}}

William Neil Clabo (November 18, 1952 – July 10, 2024) was an American professional football player who was a punter for three season with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1975 to 1977.{{Cite web |title=Neil Clabo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ClabNe20.htm |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.{{Cite web |title=1975 NFL All-Rookie Team |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/nfl-all-rookie-1975.htm |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was voted to the Pro Football Writers All-Pro second team for the 1975 season.{{Cite web |title=1975 NFL All-Pros |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1975/allpro.htm |access-date=March 16, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He played in Super Bowl XI with the Vikings.{{Cite web |title=Super Bowl XI - Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings - January 9th, 1977 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197701090min.htm |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}

Neil Clabo is the uncle of retired NFL offensive tackle Tyson Clabo.{{Cite web |date=February 20, 2019 |title=Meet the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2018-19 |url=https://magazine.wfu.edu/2019/02/20/meet-the-wake-forest-sports-hall-of-fame-2018-19-class |access-date=July 11, 2024 |website=Wake Forest News}}

In 2013, Clabo was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2013 |title=Jeff Gordon tonight's speaker at the Greater Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame induction |url=https://archive.knoxnews.com/sports/jeff-gordon-tonights-speaker-at-the-greater-knoxville-sports-hall-of-fame-induction-ep-357996988-355675281.html/ |access-date=July 12, 2013 |newspaper=Knoxville News Sentinel}}

Clabo died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on July 10, 2024, at the age of 71.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.wvlt.tv/video/2024/07/10/former-tennessee-punter-neil-clabo-passes-away-family-says/ |title=Former Tennessee punter Neil Clabo passes away, family says |date=2024-07-10 |language=en |access-date=2024-07-11 |via=wvlt.tv}}