Tony Newsom
Anthony Edwin Newsom
Born: July 20, 1965
Jacksonville, FL USA
Position: DB
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 175
College: S.F. Austin
High School: John Tyler (Tyler, TX)
Career: 1987-1993
Tony Newsom played from 1987 to 1993 during his career with the Birmingham Fire, Cleveland Thunderbolts, Dallas Texans, Houston Oilers and Montreal Machine. Newsom intercepted 6 passes for 36 yards in his career.
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Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1990 | Arena Dallas Texans | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 1991 | WLAF Birmingham Fire | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 1992 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 11 | 145 | 13.2 | 1 | 1993 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 12 | 136 | 11.3 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena League | 27 | 312 | 11.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| WLAF | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 324 | 10.8 | 5 | 4 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1990 | Arena Dallas Texans | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 1991 | Arena Dallas Texans | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 1992 | WLAF Montreal Machine | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 29 | 0 | 1992 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 11 | 227 | 20.6 | 0 | 1993 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena League | 18 | 301 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| WLAF | 10 | 214 | 21.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 515 | 18.4 | 29 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1987 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | 1990 | Arena Dallas Texans | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 1992 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Arena League | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | 1987 | NFL Houston Oilers | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1990 | Arena Dallas Texans | 28 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1991 | Arena Dallas Texans | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1993 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena League | 97.5 | 65 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 71 | 65 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1990 | Arena Dallas Texans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1992 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1993 | Arena Cleveland Thunderbolts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Arena League | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Totals | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1987 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 5 | 3 | 1990 | Arena | Dallas Texans | 7 | 1991 | Arena | Dallas Texans | 5 | 1991 | WLAF | Birmingham Fire | 3 | 0 | 1992 | WLAF | Montreal Machine | 1992 | Arena | Cleveland Thunderbolts | 9 | 1993 | Arena | Cleveland Thunderbolts | 9 |
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