Sam Newman

John Noel William Newman (born 22 December 1945), commonly known as Sam Newman, is an Australian media executive and radio and television personality living in Melbourne, who was an AFL football player for the Geelong Football Club and briefly had a career in motor racing. He is an original presenter on The Footy Show, with Eddie McGuire and Rebecca Maddern. 2Early life Newman attended Geelong Grammar School, where his father was a teacher. He made his debut for Geelong in 1964 when he was 18 years old. Early in his time at Geelong he acquired the nickname "Sam", by which he is now well known. 2AFL football During his career (1964–80) with Geelong he captained the club and also won two best and fairest awards (1968 and 1975). During the first semi-final against Collingwood in 1967, Newman suffered a serious injury which forced surgeons to remove part of his kidney. He was also selected as an All-Australian player in 1969. He played for the Victorian state team eight times. He retired in 1980, having polled 100 Brownlow Medal votes throughout his caree