Edward Kenneth Newman (born June 4, 1951) is a former
All-Pro
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offensive guard
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who, from
1973
Events January
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to
1984
Events
January
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, played 167 games over 12 seasons with the
Miami Dolphins
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.
He is now a judge in Florida.
Early life
Newman was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in
Syosset, New York
Syosset (also known as Little East Woods or Locust Grove) is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Oyster Bay, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,259 at the 202 ...
, and
Woodbury, New York, and is
Jewish
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.
[Woolen Stocking Tales – The New York Times]
/ref>[The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports ... - Peter S. Horvitz - Google Books]
/ref> Once, when asked how he got up for a goal-line stand, he responded with a Yiddish
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word to describe the process, saying: "You gotta suck it up from the '' kishkes''." He played high school football and wrestled for Syosset High School
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in the late 1960s.
College career in football and wrestling
He enrolled in 1969 at Duke University
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on an athletic scholarship. He participated for Duke in two sports: twice earning All Conference honors in football as an offensive lineman and defensive lineman, and twice as a heavyweight wrestler winning the ACC
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heavyweight championship. He was a Football All-American in 1971, and a Football All-ACC in 1971 and 1972.[Edward K. Newman - Duke University Blue Devils , Official Athletics Site - GoDuke.com]
/ref> In 1973, Newman graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.
Football career
The Miami Dolphins drafted Newman in the sixth round of the 1973 NFL Draft.
In his football career, the Dolphins went to three Super Bowls: Minnesota Vikings (1973 win), Washington Redskins (1982 loss), and San Francisco 49ers (1984 loss); and Newman was a three-time All Pro and was selected by his peers to the Pro Bowl four times (1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984). He did not play the 1985 season with his third serious knee injury, after having overcome thyroid cancer
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earlier in his career. A knee injury in his 13th season with the Dolphins in 1985 ended his career.
During his pro career, he worked as an assistant coach of the Florida International University
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wrestling team in the off-season.
During his NFL
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career, Newman spearheaded a community drive for blood donations on behalf of the South Florida Blood Service. This and other charitable efforts resulted in the renaming of Northwest 17th Street (Miami, Florida) to "Ed Newman Street."
Honors
Newman was inducted into the Duke Athletic Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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in the Wingate Institute
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, outside of Netanya
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, in Israel. He was also inducted, alongside a host of other former Miami Dolphins players, into the St. Thomas University (FL) Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. He was inducted into the Dolphins Walk of Fame in 2014.[Still teammates: Former Dolphins Tony Nathan and Ed Newman a force in court , Miami Herald]
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Law career
In 1984, while playing pro football by day, Newman enrolled in the night division of the University of Miami School of Law
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.Three years out of the NFL, he's about to graduate from law school - The Washington Post
/ref> After graduating in 1987, Newman practiced law as a litigation
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attorney for seven years. In 1994, Newman was elected County Court Judge in Miami, Florida, and began his first term in January 1995. He presently serves at the Richard E. Gerstein Criminal Justice Building alongside his bailiff and former Dolphins teammate Tony Nathan
Tony Curtis Nathan (born December 14, 1956) is a former American football running back. Nathan played college football at the University of Alabama and was selected in the third round (61st overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, ...
.
Personal life
Newman married his wife Cathy in 1977. They have two daughters, Stephani and Holly Newman.
Newman serves on the Miami Dolphins
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Alumni Board of Directors, the University of Miami School of Law
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Founded in 1926, the University of Miami School of Law is the oldest law school in ...
alumni board, and the Board of Transition, Inc.
See also
* List of select Jewish football players
References
External links
Ed Newman for Judge
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1951 births
Living people
Miami Dolphins players
American Conference Pro Bowl players
Duke Blue Devils football players
Jewish American sportspeople
People from Syosset, New York
Players of American football from New York (state)
Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
American football offensive guards
People from Woodbury, Nassau County, New York
Syosset High School alumni
University of Miami School of Law alumni
21st-century American Jews