Jack Norman Explained

Jack Norman
Fullname:John Norman
Birth Date:2 August 1909
Birth Place:Newport, Wales
Originalteam:Brunswick
Height:188 cm
Weight:89 kg
Statsend:1938
Years1:1938
Games Goals1:1 (1)
Years2:1940–41, 45–46
Club2:Preston (VFA)
Games Goals2:52 (24)

John Norman (2 August 1909 – 23 March 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

The eldest son of Norwegian-born Jonas Mattias Elija Svehaug (1886–1968) and Sarah Ann Curran (1886–1968), John Svehaug was born in Newport, Wales (the city of his mother's birth) on 2 August 1909. The family took the anglicised surname Norman when they emigrated to Australia in 1914.

He married Stella May Sullivan in 1931.

Football

After a single senior game in three years with Fitzroy, Norman transferred to Preston during the 1939 season[2] where he played either side of his period of service in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 660.
  2. News: WILL REVIEW PERMIT . The Argus . 28,940 . Victoria, Australia . 25 May 1939 . 22.
  3. Web site: World War II Roll: John Norman . Department of Veterans Affairs.