Martin L. Newell

Irish mathematician and sportsman

Martin Newell
Newell in May 2023
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Tnúthail
Sport Gaelic football
Position Midfield
Born 1939
Galway, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Lecturer
Club(s)
Years Club
1950s-1960s
Fr. Griffin's
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1950s-1960s
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 5
All-Irelands 3
NFL 1
All Stars 2

Martin Leonard Newell (born 1939 in Galway, Ireland) is a retired Irish mathematician and sportsman.

He earned his BSc and MSc in mathematical science at University College Galway before pursuing his PhD at Goethe University Frankfurt. He taught at Queen Mary College, in London, for three years, before returning to lecture at UCG (1969-2005).[1] He has co-edited two conference proceedings on group theory: Infinite Groups 1994 (Walter de Gruyter, 1994, ISBN 3110143321) and Advances in Group Theory 2002 (Aracne, 2003, ISBN 8879995642).

Martin L. Newell is the son of mathematician Martin J. Newell, and is in turn the father of mathematician John Newell.[2]

Football career

He played at left-half-back on the winning Galway teams in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals of 1964, 1965 and 1966.[3]

References

  1. ^ Atlas of Irish Mathematics & Mathematicians: Martin L. Newell
  2. ^ John Newell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ "Galway GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

External links

  • Martin L. Newell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
Awards
Preceded by
Noel Tierney
(Galway)
Caltex Footballer of the Year
1965
Succeeded by
  • v
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Galway – 1963 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up
Sub used
B. Geraghty for S. Cleary
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  • e
Galway – 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (5th title)
Subs not used
16 M. Moore
17 K. O'Connor
18 T. Sands
19 P. Donnellan
20 B. Geraghty
21 M. Coen
22 T. Keenan
Selectors
J. Dunne
B. Nestor
B. Coleman
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Galway – 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (6th title)
Sub used
16 M. Reynolds for J. Keenan
Subs not used
17 T. Sands
18 T. Keenan
19 B. Geraghty
20 M. Moore
Selectors
J. Dunne
B. Nestor
F. Stockwell
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Galway – 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (7th title)
Sub used
17 J. Donnellan for S. Meade
Subs not used
16 F. McLoughlin
18 T. Sands
19 M. Reynolds
20 C. Tyrrell
Selectors
J. Dunne
B. Nestor
F. Stockwell
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  • e
Texaco Footballer of the Year
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International
  • VIAF
  • WorldCat
National
  • Germany
Academics
  • MathSciNet
  • Mathematics Genealogy Project