Ray Norman
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Ray Norman (1889 -1971)(Sydney, Australia) was an rugby league footballer in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL), He played for the Annandale, the South Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs clubs as well as representing his country in that sport.
He was one of 3 brothers along with Roy and Rex Norman who played in the NSW Rugby Football League first-grade competition. Both Rex and Ray represented with the Australia national rugby league team becoming only the second set of brothers to do so behind Viv and Bill Farnsworth. Ray was first selected for Australia in 1914 and after the war he toured New Zealand in 1919.
After retiring as a player he coached the Eastern Suburbs club to a premiership in 1923 and later he also coached the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the NSW Country representative side.
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- Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd, 609. ISBN 9781877082931.