Norman Christie | |
Height: | 5 ft 10 in[1] |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1909[2] |
Birth Place: | Hebburn, County Durham, England[3] |
Death Date: | 4 August 1989 (aged 89) |
Death Place: | North Yorkshire, England |
Position: | Centre half |
Years2: | 1931–1934 |
Years3: | 1934–1937 |
Clubs3: | Blackburn Rovers |
Caps2: | 47 |
Caps3: | 43 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Norman Christie (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1989) was an English footballer and manager who played for Bishop Auckland, Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers.[4]
He was a centre-half (central defender). He used to tell how he once jumped up with the opposing centre-forward to head the ball; he jumped with his mouth open, and came down with a mouthful of the forward's skin from the back of his neck.[5]
Christie was born in Hebburn, Durham, the son of William Davidson Christie and Janet Borland. He married Greta Margaret Pratt in 1936.[6]