Ernie Norman

Ernie Norman
Norman in 1931
Personal information
Full name Ernest James Norman
Nickname Bunty
Born 1912
Paddington, New South Wales
Died 3 August 1993
Paddington, New South Wales
Playing information
Position Centre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1931–39 Eastern Suburbs 101 26 78
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1931–37 New South Wales 15 3 9
1932–38 Australia 12 1 3

Ernie Norman (1912–1993) 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. Norman played with Easts for nine seasons between 1931-1939. He 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 born in Paddington, New South Wales in 1912 and was a Eastern Suburbs junior. He 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. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 169.[1]

Norman coached Eastern Suburbs for two years 1951-1952.

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.[2][3]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ ARL ANNUAL Report, 2005. page 53
  2. ↑ Peter Cassidy (2008-02-23). "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players". Macquarie National News. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  3. ↑ "Centenary of Rugby League - The Players". NRL & ARL. 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-02-23.