 Since his retirement from play, Nealon has continued to contribute to the Gaelic Athletic Association as an accomplished referee and as a selector to the Tipperary All-Ireland winning teams of 1971, 1989 and 1991.A keen tactition and student of the game, ever alert as coach and mentor, his late intervention during a break in play in the Munster final of 1971 in FitzGerald Stadium had a significant effect.On a day of incessant rain, he surreptitiously introduced a dry sliother for Michael 'Babs' Keating to use in a close-in free which the wily Keating converted to a goal.