Don Newmeyer | |
Number: | 10 |
Position: | Tackle |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1902 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Napa, California, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 205 |
High School: | Berkeley (Berkeley, California) |
College: | California |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 10 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 10 |
Donald Charles Newmeyer (February 13, 1902 – June 25, 1992) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Buccaneers, a traveling team based in Chicago during the 1926 season. Newmeyer played college football at the University of California—now known as the University of California, Berkeley—under head coach Andy Smith. He later served as head of the physical education department and head football coach at Los Angeles City College (LACC).[1]
Newmeyer and his wife, Helen, were the parents of actress Julie Newmar. He died on June 25, 1992, at a nursing home in Napa, California.[2]