| Norm Goss | |||
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| Full name | Norm Goss, Sr. | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1915 | ||
| Original team | Port Melbourne | ||
| Height/Weight | 177 cm / 82 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1942–1943 | Hawthorn | 8 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics to end of 1943 season .
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Norm Goss, Sr. (born 6 June 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1940s.
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Goss played his earlier football for Port Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association, having made his debut in 1937. He finished his VFA career with 85 games but it would have been more had the league not gone into recess during the second world war. As a result he spent two seasons in the VFL with Hawthorn, playing five games in 1942 and a further three in 1943.[1]
After leaving Hawthorn, Goss continued playing at Port Melbourne[2] until taking up the role of club secretary in 1947, in which he was highly influential. He remained in this role until 1976 and was then the VFA's vice-president through to 1981. From 1981 to 1983 he served as Port Melbourne's president. In the infamous 1967 VFA Grand Final, during his time as secretary, Goss is known to have intervened to stop coach Brian Buckley sending his team off the field to protest against the umpiring.
The Norm Goss Memorial Medal has been awarded annually since 1983, to the best player afield in the VFL grand final.
One of his sons, also named Norm, would likewise start his career at Port Melbourne and play league football for Hawthorn. Two more sons, Kevin and Paul, played for South Melbourne and Melbourne respectively.[3]