- Born
- Birth nameJohn Noel William Newman
- Nicknames
- Sammy
- The Fossil
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- John Newman was born on 22 December 1945 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In 1964, he graduated from Geelong Grammar and began playing professional football that same year. He played 300 games for Geelong Cats and is now recognised as a legend of the club and of the game. In 2002, he was inducted into the AFL Hall Of Fame and included as a member of the Geelong Team Of The Century.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Calliope
- SpouseAmanda Brown(November 20, 2020 - May 1, 2021) (her death)
- He has three sons with two of his former wives - Geordan (born 1980), Jack (born 1982) and Max (born 1998).
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