Career
In 1919 he became the South"s youngest sports editor at the Birmingham News and was to become the Dean of Southern sports writers. Foreign 44 years he was the official scorer for baseball"s "Associate of Arts" Southern League. Newman was a correspondent for The Sporting News for many years, and became first associated with the Birmingham News in 1912.
He started restricting his duties in 1959 when he became sports editor emeritus, but continued to write his column.
Newman was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1975, and started the institution as its first executive secretary. "Zipp" was born on May 24, 1894 in Smith Mills, Kentucky to Henry Haynes Newman and Henriette Beauregard Haynes.
He came to Birmingham, Alabama at a young age. He attended Powell Elementary School, Central High School, and Birmingham-Southern College.
