Sam Newman

John Noel William " Sam " Newman (an haife shi a ranar 22 ga Disamba 1945) tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙasar Ostiraliya wanda ya buga wa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Geelong a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Victorian (VFL).

Ɗan wasa mai hazaka kuma mai motsa jiki wanda ya yi aikin koyon aiki a ƙarƙashin Graham "Polly" Farmer, Newman ya zama babban mai kula da Geelong bayan da Farmer ya bar aiki a ƙarshen 1967. Ya shawo kan raunuka da dama a lokacin aikinsa wanda ya zama ɗan wasa na farko na Geelong da ya kai wasanni 300 na manyan 'yan wasa na VFL.

Bayan ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1980, Newman ya yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mai horar da 'yan wasa a ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na AFL kuma ya yi fice a fannin watsa labarai, musamman tare da gidan rediyo na Melbourne 3AW da kuma Nine Network a matsayin memba na kwamitin The Footy Show, ɗaya daga cikin shirye-shiryen da suka fi shahara kuma galibi ake takaddama a kansu a cikin cibiyar.

 Rayuwar farko 
Newman ya halarci Makarantar Grammar Geelong, inda mahaifinsa malami ne.

Ya fara buga wa Geelong wasa a shekarar 1964 lokacin yana ɗan shekara 18. A farkon lokacin da yake Geelong ya sami laƙabin "Sam", wanda yanzu ake kiransa da shi.

 Aikin ƙwallon ƙafa 
Bayan ya buga wasanni biyar na reserve ga Geelong a ƙarshen 1963, an zaɓi Newman don fara buga wasa na farko a zagaye na 3 na kakar wasa ta VFL ta 1964 da Fitzroy a Brunswick Street Oval . A lokacin wasan kusa da na ƙarshe na farko da Collingwood a 1967, Newman ya sami mummunan rauni wanda ya tilasta wa likitocin tiyata cire wani ɓangare na kodarsa. An kuma zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan wasan All-Australian a 1969. Ya buga wa ƙungiyar jihar Victorian wasa sau takwas.

Shekarar 1980 ita ce kakar wasa ta ƙarshe da Newman ya yi a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na VFL. A zagaye na 4 da North Melbourne a Arden Street Oval, ya zira kwallaye biyar yana wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya, huɗu daga cikinsu a kwata na ƙarshe, a cikin nasarar maki 37. Kocin Geelong Bill Goggin ya yaba wa tsohon abokin wasansa bayan wasan: "Yana da kwarin gwiwa ga 'yan wasan. Sun gaya mini cewa kawai samun shi tare da su yana ba kowa kwarin gwiwa". [1] Newman ya kai wasansa na 300 na babban ɗan wasan VFL a zagaye na 20 da Collingwood a Kardinia Park . [2] Duk da cewa ya yi wasa mai natsuwa, Cats sun sami nasarar maki 18. A matsayin abin lura, wani lokaci bayan ƙarshen aikin Newman, ba a amince da wasu wasanni a matsayin wasannin VFL/AFL na hukuma ba, don haka an cire su daga jimillar wasannin 'yan wasa.

A shekara ta 2002, an shigar da shi cikin zauren shahararriyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australiya . 

A watan Disamba na 2005, an naɗa Newman a matsayin kocin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Melbourne domin ya jagoranci 'yan wasa kamar Jeff White, Mark Jamar da Paul Johnson .

A ranar 6 ga Yuli 2010, Newman ya buga wasan sadaka da ke bugawa Victoria a gasar EJ Whitten Legends ta shekara-shekara. Ya zura kwallaye hudu daga bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida hudu da maki uku, wanda hakan ya sa aka nada shi a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa a filin wasa, duk da cewa kungiyarsa ta sha kashi a hannun All Stars da maki bakwai.

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