Norm Brooker
Norm Brooker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Squire Brooker | ||
Nickname(s) | Norm | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Warragul, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 December 1976 | (aged 87)||
Place of death | Kerang, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Warragul (CGFA) | ||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Backline | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1911 | Richmond | 3 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Norman Squire Brooker (28 September 1889 – 11 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Brooker was recruited from Warragul in the Central Gippsland Football Association in 1911[2] and made his debut in August in Round 16,[3] of his short three consecutive game career at Richmond.
Brooker is number 87 on the list of players to have played for the club.
Brooker served in both World Wars.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1911 - Football: Warragul v Drouin". Trove Newspapers. West Gippsland Gazette. 23 May 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "1911 - Football Gossip". Trove Newspapers. Punch. 24 August 1911. p. 39. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Norm Brooker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Norm Brooker at AustralianFootball.com
- Norm Brooker’s Profile @ Tigerland Archive