- Norm L. Oliver
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Norm Oliver Personal information Full name Norman Leslie Oliver Date of birth 15 August 1922 Date of death 27 June 1944 (aged 21)Place of death Madang, New Guinea Original team Melbourne High School Height/Weight 182cm / 79kg Position(s) Defence Club information Current club Retired Number 34 Playing career1 Years Club Games (Goals) 1940-41 Collingwood 13 (2) 1 Playing statistics to end of 1941 season .2 State and International statistics correct as of N/A.Norm Oliver was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood. Also a talented tennis player, there was a possibility of a future Davis Cup appearance. Serving as a Flying Officer in the RAAF during World War II, he was killed when his plane crashed on a beach in New Guinea.
Sources
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Norm L. Oliver's statistics from AFL Tables
- http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=R&VeteranID=1059203
Categories:- 1922 births
- 1944 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Australian military personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Australian Air Force officers
- Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
- Australian rules biography stubs
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