Norm Pope
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Norman Daniel Pope | |||||
| Born | 1908 | |||||
| Died | 7 April 1985 Bexley, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1927–31 | Eastern Suburbs | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 1937–38 | St George Dragons | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Total | 70 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1931 | New South Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norman Daniel "Norm" Pope (1908-1985) was a rugby league player in the Australian competition, the New South Wales Rugby League.
Pope played in the halves at the Eastern Suburbs club for five seasons in the years 1927-31.In the 1931 season Pope captained the side that lost to South Sydney in the 1931 Grand Final.
From 1932, he moved to the Maitland United club as captain-coach. Then he took on the catptain-coach role at Tumbarumba for thee seasons (1933-1936) before returning to Sydney.[1]
He then joined the St George Dragons club, again taking on a captain-coach role (1937-1938).[2]
In 1931 Pope represented New South Wales in an interstate match against Queensland, and later played in N.S.W. Country Firsts in 1933.
Norm Pope died on 7 April 1985, aged 77.[3]
References
- ↑ Albury Banner. Article refer Farewell to Norman Pope. 2/10/1936
- ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald: Death Notice 09/04/1985
- History Of The NSW Rugby League Finals; Steve Haddan
- The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson