Dave Newmark

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

Dave Newmark
Personal information
Born (1946-09-11) September 11, 1946
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolAbraham Lincoln
(Brooklyn, New York)
CollegeColumbia (1965–1968)
NBA draft1968: 3rd round, 31st overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career1968–1974
PositionCenter
Number12, 29, 24
Career history
1968–1969Chicago Bulls
1969–1970Atlanta Hawks
1970–1971Carolina Cougars
1973Scranton Apollos
1973–1974Hapoel Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points1,003 (5.7 ppg)
Rebounds678 (3.9 rpg)
Assists128 (0.7 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Newmark is Jewish, and graduated from Lincoln High School in New York City. He was a high school All-American.[1]

He played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil.[2] He played with, among others, Barry Liebowitz, Mark Turenshine, and Rick Weitzman.[2]

He played college basketball at Columbia University ('69).[3] 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 All-American. He was named All-Ivy League in 1966 and 1968.[4]

A 7'0" center, he played in the National Basketball Association on the Chicago Bulls the 1968-69 season and on the Atlanta Hawks in 1969-70. He then spent the 1970–71 season in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Carolina Cougars. In his NBA/ABA career, he scored 1,003 total points and grabbed 678 total rebounds.[5]

Newmark later played in Israel for Hapoel Tel Aviv during the 1973–74 and 1977–78 seasons.[6]

He is a member of both the Columbia University Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame.[3]

He has two children, Rebecca Newmark Goldman and Brian Newmark.

References
  1. "Columbia Daily Spectator 23 February 1965 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu.
  2. "Maccabiah Games in Brazil Aug. 23". The Detroit Jewish News. August 12, 1966.
  3. "David Newmark To Be Inducted Into Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame". Columbia University Athletics.
  4. "Newmark, Dave". Jewsinsports.org. September 11, 1946. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. "Dave Newmark". basketballreference.com. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  6. "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | היסטוריה | קלעי כל הזמנים | דייב ניומרק". basket.co.il.
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