Norm Oliver (footballer, born 1922) explained

Norm Oliver
Fullname:	Norman Leslie Oliver
Birth Date:	15 August 1922
Birth Place:	Melbourne, Victoria
Death Place:	Hansa Bay, Madang Province, New Guinea
Originalteam:	Melbourne High School
Height:	182 cm
Weight:	79 kg
Position:	Defence
Guernsey:	34
Statsend:	1941
Years1:	1940–41
Games Goals1:	13 (2)

Norman Leslie Oliver (15 August 1922 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a talented tennis player,^[1] and there was a possibility of him being a future Davis Cup player.

Family

Son of Harold George Oliver (1893-1968), and Gladys Elizabeth Ann Oliver (1894-1961), née Atherton, Norman Leslie Oliver was born on 15 August 1922.

Military service

Serving as a Flying Officer in the RAAF during World War II, he was killed when his Kittyhawk plane crashed on a beach in New Guinea.^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020).
• Roll of Honour: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Australian War Memorial.
• Roll of Honour Circular: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

External links

• • Forever Collingwood: Norm Oliver (1940-1941).

Notes and References

1. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243233411 St. Kilda Easter Tournament: Boys Singles, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 23 May 1940), p.15.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11354075 Latest RAAF Casualty List: Australia and Australian Territories: Killed Aircraft Operations, The Argus, (Friday, 28 July 1944), p11.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11350301 Deaths: On Active Service: Oliver, The Argus, (Monday, 3 July 1944), p.2
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11350383 Death of Airman-Player, The Argus, (Monday, 3 July 1944) p.9.