Sam Newman
| Sam Newman | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Noel William Newman | ||
| Nickname(s) | Sam, Fossil | ||
| Date of birth | 22 December 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Geelong Grammar School | ||
| Height / weight | 189 cm / 94 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1964–1980 | Geelong | 300 (110) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 8 (?) | ||
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John Noel William "Sam" Newman (born 22 December 1945) is a retired Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club and television personality. He is an original presenter on The Footy Show (AFL).
Newman attended Geelong Grammar School, where his father was a teacher. He made his debut for Geelong in 1964 when he was 18 years old. Early in his time at Geelong he acquired the nickname "Sam", by which he is now well known.
During his career (1964–80) with Geelong he captained the club and also won two best and fairest awards (1968 and 1975). During the first semi-final against Collingwood in 1967, Newman suffered a serious injury which forced surgeons to remove part of his kidney. He was also selected as an All-Australian player in 1969. He played for the Victorian state team eight times. He retired in 1980, having polled 100 Brownlow Medal votes throughout his career. In 2002, he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
In December 2005, Newman was appointed as ruck coach for the Melbourne Football Club to mentor players such as Jeff White, Mark Jamar and Paul Johnson.
On 6 July 2010, Newman played in a charity match playing for Victoria in the annual EJ Whitten Legends Game. Newman kicked four goals from four kicks and three marks to be named best on ground, despite his team losing to the All Stars by seven points.
Newman joined radio station 3AW as a football commentator in 1981 and continued with the station through until the end of the 1999 season, he also appeared on World of Sport on Channel 7 for seven years from 1981-1987. He was a panel member of The Sunday Footy Show from 1993-1998.
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