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Gary Newton

American field hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ5525657 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gary Basil Newton (born December 12, 1957) is an American field hockey player. He competed for the U.S. at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His brother Michael was one of his teammates at the Olympics. He was born in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Newton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Gary Newton” as american field hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gary, Newton and American.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957, 1984, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1957-12-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gary, Newton and American providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Gary Newton”, the useful work is to connect “american field hockey player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5525657. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 1984 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gary Newton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.