Henry Newton (born 18 February 1944) is an English former

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, who made almost 500 league appearances for

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teams during the 1960s and 1970s. He started at his home town club

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and played 282 League matches for them. In total he made 315 senior appearances for them, scoring 15 goals, and he was at the club when they finished runners-up in the

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in 1966-67. He left the club in 1970 to join Everton and played his first game for the "Toffees" on 17 October 1970. He was to make 85 senior appearances and score 6 goals for them before moving to

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, his last game for the club coming in September 1973. Newton made over 100 League appearances at Derby before finishing his career at

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. At Derby he was part of the team that won the First Division in 1975. Newton was capped by the England under-23 side on four occasions, making his debut on 25 November 1964 against Romania. Newton also played for the

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in 1970, in a match against the

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