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John Noel William "Sam" Newman〔(Herald Sun - Sam Newman's year of living dangerously )〕 (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). ==Early life and football career== Newman attended Geelong Grammar School, where his father was a teacher.〔(Geelong Grammar teacher reflects on career | ABC 7:30 Report Transcript )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ggs.vic.edu.au/school/support-groups/sport-support-groups/football--newman-club/welcome )〕 He made his debut for Geelong in 1964 when he was 18 years old.〔(AFL - It's 50 years of footy with Geelong great and TV personality John 'Sam' Newman )〕 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.〔(Wham, bam, thankyou Sam!, The Advertiser, 20 March 2009 )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sam Newman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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