Norm Smith (footballer born 1946)

Norm Smith
Personal information
Full nameNorman Smith
Date of birth1 September 1946
Original teamStrathmerton
Height/Weight183 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)Ruck-rover
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1967
1970–1971
1972–1974
1975–1976
1977–1978
1979
1980–1982		Hawthorn
Strathmerton
Tatura
Lemnos
Corowa
Belconnen
West Canberra		5 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1982 season.
Career highlights
  • O'Dwyer Medal – 1966
  • Morrison Medal – 1974, 1975

Norman "Norm" Smith (born 1 September 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Early career and Hawthorn

Smith, a ruck-rover, played his early senior football at Strathmerton in the Murray Football League and won the league's best and fairest medal in 1966.[1][2] The following year he made five VFL appearances for Hawthorn, then spent time away from the game on national service, before returning to Strathmerton in 1970.[3][4]

Goulburn Valley Football League

In 1971, Smith started playing in the Goulburn Valley Football League, where he won back-to-back Morrison Medals, with Tatura in 1974 and Lemnos in 1975.[4][5]

Ovens & Murray Football League

His two year stint coaching Corowa, in 1977 and 1978, was the final two seasons that the club played in the Ovens & Murray Football League, before merging with Rutherglen.[4]

Canberra

In 1979 he coached Belconnen to its first Australian Capital Territory Football League grand final, which they lost to Ainslie.[6][7] From 1980 to 1982, Smith played at West Canberra.[4] He was coach in the last of those years and again for the 1985 season, in a non-playing capacity.[8][9] In 1986 he was non-playing coach of the Belconnen Magpies, formed by a merger between Belconnen and West Canberra.[9]

Brent Smith, Norman's son, also played football in Canberra and in 1991 won the Mulrooney Medal.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ↑ "Senior Best & Fairest". Fox Sports Pulse.
  3. ↑ "Norman Smith". AFL Tables.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Smith to hang up his boots after 20 years.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 27 February 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Morrison Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse.
  6. ↑ "Belconnen makes first grand final.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 10 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Brock pilots Ainslie to first-class premiership.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 24 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Smith to coach Wests.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 24 December 1981. p. 15. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Belconnen needs a captain-coach.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 8 October 1986. p. 40. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Smith keeps apace with Dad's feats.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 19 September 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2014.