Don Newmeyer


Donald Charles Newmeyer was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as a tackle in the National Football League for the Los [Angeles Buccaneers], a traveling team based in Chicago during the 1926 season. Newmeyer played college football at the University of California—now known as the University of [California, Berkeley]—under head coach Andy Smith. He later served as head of the physical education department and head football coach at Los [Angeles City College].
Newmeyer and his wife, Helen, were the parents of actress Julie Newmar. He died on June 25, 1992, at a nursing home in Napa, California.