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) |
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 college basketball at Duke.
College career
He was a center for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 1994-1997. Newton was team captain in his senior season.[1] 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.[2]
Newton was suspended from Duke in 1995 for two semesters for cheating on a computer science exam.[3]
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
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 Men's Division I 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 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 Belgium
- 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 Belgium
- Expatriate sportspeople 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