Ray Norman

Ray Norman

Personal information
Full name	Hugh Valentine Raymond Norman
Born	1889 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 April 1971 (age 82) Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1910–13	Annandale	46	12	26	0	88
1914–16	South Sydney	38	5	1	0	17
1917–21	Eastern Suburbs	51	3	30	0	39
	Total	135	20	57	0	144
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1912–20	New South Wales	5	4	5	0	22
1914–19	Australia	2	1	0	0	3
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1923	Easts (Sydney)	17	14	0	3	82
1954	Manly-Warringah	18	10	1	7	56
	Total	35	24	1	10	69
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
	NSW Country
As of 30 June 2009

Ray Norman (1889–1971) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. A New South Wales state and Australia national representative, his club career was played with Annandale, the South Sydney and the Eastern Suburbs clubs in the NSWRFL.

Playing career

After playing rugby union for Annadale and Glebe, Norman switched to rugby league in 1910^[1]

He was one of four brothers, along with Bernard, Roy and Rex Norman, who played in the NSW Rugby Football League first-grade competition. Both Rex and Ray represented the Australia national rugby league team, becoming only the second set of brothers to do so behind Viv and Bill Farnsworth. Ray was first selected for Australia in 1914 and after the war he toured New Zealand in 1919. He retired from playing in 1921, and immediately joined the coaching ranks at Eastern Suburbs.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Norman coached the Eastern Suburbs which included a premiership in 1923. He later coached the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for one year, in 1954, and the NSW Country representative side.

Death

The Sydney Morning Herald said of Norman: "He was one of Rugby League's greatest tactitions".^[2] His funeral was held at St. Peter's Church, Watsons Bay, New South Wales on 3 May 1971 and later at Northern Suburbs Crematorium. ^[3]

References

1. "Ray Norman dies at 82". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 April 1971. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
2. "Ray Norman Dies at 82" Sydney Morning Herald: 30 April 1971 (page 3).
3. Sydney Morning Herald - Death Notice - 30/04/1971

* Whiticker, Alan and Hudson, Glen (2007). The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. Wetherill Park, New South Wales: Gary Allen Pty Ltd. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-877082-93-1.