Harry Newman (American football)
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| Position | Halfback | ||||||||||||
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| Born | September 5, 1909 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died | May 2, 2000 (aged 90) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Northern (Detroit) | ||||||||||||
| College | Michigan | ||||||||||||
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Harry Lawrence Newman (September 5, 1909 – May 2, 2000) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines (1930–32), for whom in 1932 he 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; he was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He then played professionally for the New York Giants (1933–35), earning All-Pro honors, before joining the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers (1936–37).