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Author: Lenny Vangilder

Former Tulane QB Gene Newton dies at 84

  • September 3, 2019
  • By Lenny Vangilder

Gene Newton, whose long association with Tulane began by leading a pair of upsets over top-10 teams in the mid-1950s, died Saturday. He was 84. Newton, a native of Shreveport who was a multi-sport star at Byrd High School, played quarterback for the Green Wave from 1955-57, while the school was still part of the…

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