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Newt was a great childhood friend all the way through high school. We played football and basketball from the 7th grade until high school. He got his nickname on the practice field from coach Jimmy Campbell. He was playing defensive end and after a play coach hollered that he came across the line of scrimmage like a big turkey . Needless to say the rest of us picked up on it and began calling him Turkey. Newt gave up football his junior year to concentrate on his true love basketball . This...
Steve Shields
May 19, 2021