Harry Newman
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 5, 1909 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Date of death: | May 2, 2000 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death: | Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Detroit (MI) Northern | ||||||||||||
| College: | Michigan | ||||||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 12–36 |
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| Passing yards: | 1,496 |
| Rushing attempts: | 336 |
| Rushing yards: | 1,086 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 6 |
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Harry Lawrence Newman (September 5, 1909 – May 2, 2000) was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines (1930–32), the New York Giants (1933–35), and the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers (1936–37).
In Newman's three years at Michigan, the Wolverines lost only one game, won three Big Ten Conference championship, and had a combined record of 24–1–2. As a senior in 1932, Newman led the team to an undefeated season and national championship, as he played 437 out of 480 minutes of game time in Michigan's eight games. In 1932, Newman was a unanimous first-team All-American, and the recipient of the Douglas Fairbanks Trophy as Outstanding College Player of the Year (predecessor of the Heisman Trophy), and the Helms Athletic Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference.
As a rookie with the New York Giants in 1933, Newman was an All-Pro and led the NFL in passes completed (53), passing yards (973), touchdown passes (11), and longest pass completion (78 yards). Newman's 973 passing yards stood as the NFL single-season record until 1937 when Arnie Herber threw for 1,239 yards. He also led the Giants, and was sixth in the NFL, with 437 yards rushing in 1933. With 1,547 yards of total offense (973 passing, 437 rushing and 137 receiving), Newman personally accounted for more than half of the Giants' total offense in 1933. He was named to the All-Pro team, and led the Giants to the 1933 NFL championship game.
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