Dave Newmark is an American former professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. A 7'0" center

Center (basketball)

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 from Columbia University

Columbia University

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, he played in the NBA from 1968 to 1970 as a member of the Chicago Bulls

Chicago Bulls

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 and Atlanta Hawks. He then spent the 1970-71 season in the ABA

American Basketball Association

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 as a member of the Carolina Cougars

Carolina Cougars

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. In his NBA/ABA career, he scored 1,003 total points and grabbed 678 total rebounds. Newmark later played in Israel

Israel

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 for Hapoel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C.

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 during the 1973-74 and 1977-78 seasons.

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