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Keith Newhard (’59) was a stalwart member of the football and men’s basketball teams from 1955-58. An offensive and defensive end, Newhard was a three-year letterwinner for Joe Patton’s football team, serving as team co-captain as a junior and senior. Newhard started for four seasons at center and forward for Walt Risley’s basketball squad. Since graduating from Kutztown in 1959 with a degree in social studies, Newhard has gone on to a distinguished career in education and coaching in the Lehigh Valley. After a two-year stint in the US Army, where he competed for the 15th infantry football, basketball and track teams, Newhard embarked on a 38-year career in education, much of which was spent at Dieruff High School. Newhard is a member of Dieruff’s Hall of Fame, having served as football coach, track and field coach, and finishing as athletics director before retiring in 1997. Newhard is an accomplished driver’s education teacher, and remains active in athletics by serving on the Lehigh Valley chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Newhard is a 1954 graduate of Northampton High School. He is a 1959 alumnus of Kutztown, graduating with a degree in social studies.
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