Norman Conquest | |
Birth Date: | 1916 |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Years3: | 1947 |
Clubs1: | Aberdare |
Clubs2: | Grace Bros |
Clubs3: | North Shore |
Nationalyears1: | 1947–1950 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Norman Conquest (1916–1968) was an Australian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Australia eleven times.
Conquest played for a number of teams in New South Wales, including Aberdare, Grace Brothers and North Shore.[1]
Conquest played eleven times for Australia between 1947 and 1950.[2] He toured with the Australian team in South Africa. He was the Australian goalkeeper in a 1951 match between Australia and an English Football Association XI representative side at the Sydney Showground which Australia lost 17–0.[3] [4] He also represented the New South Wales state team.
Conquest died at the age of 51 in 1968.[5]
In 2002 Conquest was posthumously inducted into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame.[6]