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{{Short description|American football player (born 1962)}}
{{distinguish|Tom Newbery}}
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{{Infobox NFL player
| name        = Tom Newberry
| number      = 66
| position    = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1962|12|20}}
| birth_place = [[Onalaska, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 2
| weight_lb   = 285
| high_school = [[Onalaska High School (Wisconsin)|Onalaska]]
| college     = [[Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football|Wisconsin–La Crosse]]
| draftyear   = 1986
| draftround  = 2
| draftpick   = 50
| pastteams   =
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1986|1994}})
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1995}})
| highlights  =
* 2× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1988 All-Pro Team|1988]], [[1989 All-Pro Team|1989]])
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1989 Pro Bowl|1988]],[[1990 Pro Bowl|1989]])
* [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]] ([[PFWA All-Rookie Team#1986|1986]])
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 147
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 143
| statlabel3  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3  = 5
| pfr=N/NewbTo20
}}

'''Thomas J. Newberry''' (born December 20, 1962) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Guard (American football)|guard]] for 10 seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played with the [[Los Angeles Rams]] for nine years and the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] for one year. He was a [[Starting lineup|starter]] for the Steelers in [[Super Bowl XXX]]. He was a two-time [[Pro Bowl]] (1988,1989) and [[All-Pro]] offensive guard.

Newberry was named to the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

== College career ==
After graduating from [[Onalaska High School (Wisconsin)|Onalaska High School]], Newberry attended the [[University of Wisconsin–La Crosse]] on an academic scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weyler |first=John |date=1990-01-07 |title=Blocking Is Old Hat for Newberry : Rams: For an offensive lineman, All-Pro guard gets a lot of attention. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-07-sp-393-story.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Newberry was a four year starter and letter winner on the offensive line for the [[Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles football]] team under head coach [[Roger Harring]].  He was also a captain of the 1985 [[NAIA Division II Football National Championship]] winning team.  While at UW–L he was a four time NCAA Division III National Champion in track and field, three times in [[shot put]] and one time in [[Discus throw|discus]].  He was inducted into the UW–L Wall of Fame in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Newberry (1997) - Wall of Fame |url=https://uwlathletics.com/honors/wall-of-fame/tom-newberry/63 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics |language=en}}</ref>

== Professional career ==

=== Los Angeles Rams ===
Newberry was drafted in the second round of the [[1986 NFL draft]] by the [[Los Angeles Rams]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1986 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1986/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>  In his rookie season, Newberry started in 14 regular season games, and played in all 16 games, as well as starting in the Rams playoff game. Newberry was selected to the 1986 [[PFWA All-Rookie Team]]. Over his nine seasons with the Rams, Newberry played in 136 games, starting in 133 games including playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tom Newberry Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NewbTo20.htm |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> With the Rams Newberry was selected to the [[1988 All-Pro Team]] and [[1989 All-Pro Team]]. Additionally, Newberry was a member of the [[1989 Pro Bowl]] and [[1990 Pro Bowl]]. Newberry made the playoffs three times with the Rams ([[1986 NFL season|1986]], [[1988 NFL season|1988]], [[1989 NFL season|1989]]).

=== Pittsburgh Steelers ===
In 1995 Newberry played his final season with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] starting in 15 regular season games, and playing in all 16 regular season games compiling a 11–5–0 record and winning the [[AFC Central|AFC Central Division]].  Newberry started in all three playoff games, beating the [[Indianapolis Colts]] in the [[1995 AFC Championship Game]] by a score of 20–16, before losing to the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in [[Super Bowl XXX]] 17–27.  Shortly after the Super Bowl, Newberry informed head coach [[Bill Cowher]] that he planned to retire.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-07 |title=Exclusive with Former Steelers Offensive Lineman Tom Newberry, 1995 |url=https://steelerstakeaways.com/exclusive-with-former-steelers-offensive-lineman-tom-newberry-1995/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Steelers Takeaways |language=en-US}}</ref>

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