David L. Newmark (born September 11, 1946) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

Born in

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, Newmark is Jewish, and graduated from Lincoln High School in New York City. He was a high school

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n. He played in the 1966 Pan American

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in Brazil, at which Team USA won a gold medal.Irad Tzafrir (November 14, 2017)
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''Haaretz''. He played with, among others,

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, Mark Turenshine, and

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. He played college basketball at

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('69). As a sophomore in 1966 he had a rebounding average of 13.3 per game (best in the conference), scored 22.4 points per game (second in the conference), and was named an

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. He was named All-

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in 1966 and 1968. A 7'0" center, he played in the

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on the

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the 1968-69 season and on the

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in 1969-70. He then spent the 1970–71 season in the

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as a member of the

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. In his NBA/ABA career, he scored 1,003 total

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and grabbed 678 total

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. Newmark later played in

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for

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during the 1973–74 and 1977–78 seasons. He is a member of both the Columbia University Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame. He has two children, Rebecca Newmark Goldman and Brian Newmark.

Career statistics

NBA/ABA

Source

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

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