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Newsom Family
The surname Newsom may refer to: * Bobo Newsom (1907–1962), American baseball player * Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904–1990), American former president of New York University * Christopher Newsom (1983–2007), American victim of a kidnapping and murder * David Newsom (born 1962), American actor and photographer * David Newsom (cricketer) (born 1937), English cricketer and Royal Navy officer * David D. Newsom (1918–2008), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (1969–1974) * Eric D. Newsom, American diplomat and State Department official * Gavin Newsom (born 1967), American Democratic politician and Governor of California since 2019 * Jennifer Siebel Newsom (born 1974), American documentary filmmaker and First Lady of California since 2019 * Jerry Newsom (born 1946), American former collegiate basketball player * Joanna Newsom (born 1982), American musician and songwriter * Lee Ann Newsom, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Penn State University * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobo Newsom
Louis Norman "Bobo" Newsom (August 11, 1907 – December 7, 1962) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. Also known as "Buck", Newsom played for nine of the 16 then-existing big-league teams from 1929 through 1953 over all or parts of 20 seasons, appearing in an even 600 games pitched and 3,759 innings pitched. He batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . Life and career Born in Hartsville, South Carolina, Newsom was known to possess a somewhat eccentric and emotional personality, typically referring to everyone in the third person, including referring to himself as "Bobo". Newsom pitched valiantly in a losing cause in Game Seven of the 1940 World Series with the Detroit Tigers, two days after pitching a shutout in honor of his father, who had died while visiting from South Carolina and watching his son win the opener. Bobo had said before pitching Game Five, "I'll win this one for my daddy." When manager Del Baker named Newsom to take the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
