Jack Newton (Canadian football)

Newton was born in Limehouse, Ontario and moved to Sarnia when he was seven years old. He played football for the London Road High School team. ==Playing career==

Newton played for the University of Toronto Varsity football team from 1907 to 1909. In 1908, he played in the 1908 Dominion Championship game at right half, but Varsity lost to the Hamilton Tigers. In 1909, Varsity finished with a 6–0 record with Newton as team captain and he scored one try in the Dominion Semi-Final victory over the IRFU champion Ottawa Rough Riders. In the Dominion Championship, which was the first to be awarded the Grey Cup trophy, Varsity defeated the ORFU champion Toronto Parkdale 26–6 in the 1st Grey Cup. ==Coaching career==

On August 30, 1912, Newton was named honorary coach of the Argonauts, but refused to be paid. In that season, Newton led the team to an IRFU championship and the team qualified for their second consecutive Grey Cup game. However, the Argonauts lost the 4th Grey Cup to the Hamilton Alerts. Newton remained with the Argonauts in 1914 where they returned as IRFU champions. The Argonauts faced his former team, Toronto Varsity, in the 6th Grey Cup, where they defeated Varsity 14–2. In 1915, Newton coached for the Sarnia Intermediate ORFU team. After serving in the First World War, he coached the Sarnia Collegiate Institute football team from 1919 to 1920. In their first season in the Senior ORFU, Newton led the Imperials to the ORFU title game, but they were defeated by the Toronto Orphans 6–0. He ceded the head coach position to Milt Burt, but remained with the Imperials in other capacities. Newton was largely responsible for the growth of football in Sarnia which eventually led to the Imperials appearing in three Grey Cup games, winning twice. ==Post playing career==

Newton served in the First World War where he won the Military Cross as a member of the Canadian Field Artillery. ==Personal life==

Newton was married to Eleanor May Newton and they had two sons, John W. Newton and Frederick Newton. ==References==