Greg Newton
Personal information | |
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Born | Niagara Falls, Ontario | September 7, 1974
Nationality | Canadian |
Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
Listed weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | A. N. Myer (Niagara Falls, Ontario) |
College | Duke (1993–1997) |
NBA draft | 1997 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 1997–2005 |
Position | Power forward / Center |
Career history | |
1997–1998 | Siemens Gent |
1998–1999 | Hapoel Eilat |
1999–2000 | Flamengo |
2000 | Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca |
2000 | KD Hopsi Polzela |
2001–2002 | Scafati Basket |
2002–2003 | Cherno More Varna |
2003 | Lavovi 063 |
2003–2004 | Dynamo Moscow Region |
2004–2005 | HKK Široki |
2005 | Pallacanestro Trapani |
2005–2006 | Club Melilla Baloncesto |
Gregory Michael Newton (born September 7, 1974) is a Canadian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball at Duke University and served as team captain during his senior year.
College career[]
He was a center for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 1994 to 1997.[1] Newton was team captain in his senior season.[2] He was a member of the Canadian national team, that finished seventh in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Newton averaged 7.6 points per game for his Duke career.[3] Newton was suspended from Duke in 1995 for two semesters for cheating on a computer science exam.[4]
Professional career[]
Newton played professionally with the USBL's Raleigh Cougars. The Cougars promoted him by citing his greatest accomplishment - at the time, he was one away from Duke's top 10 in blocks.
Newton also played professionally in Brazil, Israel (Hapoel Eilat 1999), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia.
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Deacon, James (January 17, 1994). "The Big Man on Campus". macleans.ca. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ Team Captains
- ^ Greg Newton
- ^ "Blue Devils' Greg Newton is Academically Ineligible". Greensboro News & Record. March 3, 1995. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
External links[]
- Duke biography (archived from 1997)
- FrozenHoops.com History of basketball in Canada. Selection of Top 100 Canadian players of all time
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Basketball people from Ontario
- Basketball players at the 1994 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Canadian people of English descent
- Centers (basketball)
- Duke Blue Devils men's basketball players
- Expatriate basketball people in Brazil
- Flamengo basketball players
- Gent Hawks players
- Hapoel Eilat basketball players
- HKK Široki players
- Israeli Basketball Premier League players
- KK Lavovi 063 players
- Olympic basketball players of Canada
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Scafati Basket players
- Sportspeople from Niagara Falls, Ontario
- 1998 FIBA World Championship players