{{short description|American basketball player (born 1946)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Dave Newmark | image = | width = | caption = | height_ft = 7 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 240 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|09|11}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | high_school = Abraham Lincoln<br/>(Brooklyn, New York) | college = Columbia (1965–1968) | draft_year = 1968 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 31 | draft_team = Chicago Bulls | career_start = 1968 | career_end = 1974 | career_number = 12, 29, 24 | career_position = Center | years1 = {{nbay|1968|full=y}} | team1 = Chicago Bulls | years2 = {{nbay|1969|full=y}} | team2 = Atlanta Hawks | years3 = 1970–1971 | team3 = Carolina Cougars | years4 = 1973 | team4 = Scranton Apollos | years5 = 1973–1974 | team5 = Hapoel Tel Aviv | highlights = * Third-team ''Parade'' All-American (1964) | stats_league = NBA and ABA | stat1label = Points | stat1value = 1,003 (5.7 ppg) | stat2label = Rebounds | stat2value = 678 (3.9 rpg) | stat3label = Assists | stat3value = 128 (0.7 apg) }}
'''David L. Newmark''' (born September 11, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Columbia Lions.
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19650223-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------|title=Columbia Daily Spectator 23 February 1965 — Columbia Spectator|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu}}</ref>
He played in the 1966 Pan American Maccabiah Games in Brazil, at which Team USA won a gold medal.<ref name=ira>Irad Tzafrir (November 14, 2017). [https://www-haaretz-co-il.translate.goog/sport/tapina/2017-11-14/ty-article/0000017f-e1f9-df7c-a5ff-e3fb52280000?_x_tr_sl=iw&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc&_x_tr_hist=true "Barry Leibovitz: "What did I stay in Israel for? Sea, hummus and tahini with olive oil,"] ''Haaretz''.</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1966.08.12.001/14|date=August 12, 1966 |title= Maccabiah Games in Brazil Aug. 23|website=The Detroit Jewish News }}</ref> He played with, among others, Barry Leibowitz, Mark Turenshine, and Rick Weitzman.<ref name="auto"/>
He played college basketball at Columbia University ('69).<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://gocolumbialions.com/news/2023/4/11/mens-basketball-david-newmark-to-be-inducted-into-jewish-sports-heritage-association-hall-of-fame.aspx|title=David Newmark To Be Inducted Into Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame|website=Columbia University Athletics|date=April 11, 2023 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="jewsinsports1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=281|title=Newmark, Dave|publisher=Jewsinsports.org|date=September 11, 1946|accessdate=November 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031334/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=281|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref name=bbr>{{cite web|title=Dave Newmark NBA/ABA stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/newmada01.html|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=4 August 2024}}</ref>
Newmark later played in Israel for Hapoel Tel Aviv during the 1973–74 and 1977–78 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/all-time-players.asp?PlayerId=10478|title=מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | היסטוריה | קלעי כל הזמנים | דייב ניומרק|website=basket.co.il}}</ref>
He is a member of both the Columbia University Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Jewish Sports Heritage Association Hall of Fame.<ref name="auto1"/>
He has two children, Rebecca Newmark Goldman and Brian Newmark.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
==Career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA/ABA=== Source<ref name=bbr/>
====Regular season==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1968}} | style="text-align:left;"|Chicago | '''81''' || 14.3 || .389 || || .619 || 4.3 || .7 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1969}} | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 64 || 9.6 || .429 || || '''.766''' || 2.7 || .7 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1970}} | style="text-align:left;"|Carolina (ABA) | 31 || '''14.7''' || '''.478''' || – || .567 || '''5.1''' || '''.9''' || '''7.5''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career (NBA) | 145 || 12.2 || .405 || || .671 || 3.6 || .7 || 5.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career (overall) | 176 || 12.7 || .420 || – || .649 || 3.9 || .7 || 5.7 {{S-end}}
====Playoffs==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" |- ! Year ! Team ! GP ! MPG ! FG% ! FT% ! RPG ! APG ! PPG |- | style="text-align:left;"|1970 | style="text-align:left;"|Atlanta | 6 || 7.0 || .455 || 1.000 || 2.0 || .3 || 5.7 {{s-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{basketballstats|bbr=n/newmada01}}
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