Edwin Norton Explained

Edwin Norton
Birth Name:Edwin Jason Norton
Birth Date:26 February 1926
Death Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Sport:Weightlifting
Country:New Zealand
Nationals:Men's lightweight champion (1947, 1948, 1949)

Edwin Jason Norton (26 February 1926 – 26 March 1993) was a New Zealand weightlifter who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born on 26 February 1926, Norton was the son of Frederick Jason Norton and Dorothy Norton (née Snowdon).[1] In 1949, he married Eleanor Jean Milson in Tauranga.[1] Norton was working as a schoolteacher in Northland in 1949,[2] and he later become a minister of religion.[3]

Norton won the New Zealand national weightlifting championship in the lightweight division in 1947, 1948, and 1949.[2] [4] At the weightlifting nationals, he won the "Mr New Zealand" title for best physique in 1948 and placed third the following year.[5] He went on to represent New Zealand in the lightweight division of the weightlifting at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, where he finished in fourth place, recording a total of 6451NaN1.[6] [7]

Norton died at his home in Dunedin on 26 March 1993, and his ashes were buried in Andersons Bay Cemetery.[3] His wife died in 2016.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descendants of Daniel Norton . Family Tree Circles . 29 November 2019.
  2. News: Cleghorn outstanding prospect for the Games . 26 October 1949 . Otago Daily Times . 4 . 29 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Cemeteries search: Norton, Edwin Jason . Dunedin City Council . 29 November 2019.
  4. Book: Todd, Sydney P. . Champions All . 1966 . A.J. Owen . Invercargill . 282.
  5. News: Records broken . 25 October 1949 . Ashburton Guardian . 5 . 29 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Weightlifting 67.5kg combined – men Auckland 1950 . 2018 . Commonwealth Games Federation . 29 November 2019.
  7. Web site: Edwin Norton . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 2018 . 29 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Cemeteries search: Norton, Eleanor Jean . Dunedin City Council . 29 November 2019.