Ernie Norman

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Ernie Norman
Personal information
Nickname Bunty
Born 1913
Died 1993
Playing information
Position Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1931–39 Eastern Suburbs 101 78
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1931–37 New South Wales 15 9
1932–38 Australia 12 3
Ernie Norman (1913–1993) was an Australian rugby league player - a state and national representative Centre or Five-eighth. His club career was with the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.

An Eastern Suburbs junior, Norman played over 100 matches for that club and was a member of the Easts sides that won consecutive premierships in seasons 1935, 1936 and 1937.

Norman was graded with Easts at 17 years of age and made his Australian debut two years later at 19. Throughout his career he made 15 state representative appearances for New South Wales and played in 12 Tests for the Australia national rugby league team.

Norman, aged 80, died in 1993.

In February 2008, Norman was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.[1][2]
Norman fifth from right, Kangaroos 1st Test 6 Jun 1932
Run-on Test side plus mgrs 6 Jun 1932, Norman seated 3rd from left

References

  • Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Peter Cassidy (2008-02-23). "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players". Macquarie National News. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  2. ↑ "Centenary of Rugby League - The Players". NRL & ARL. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 


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