Australian rules footballer
Norm Brooker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Squire Brooker | ||
Nickname(s) | Norm | ||
Date of birth | (1889-09-28)28 September 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Warragul, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 11 December 1976(1976-12-11) (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 career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1911 | Richmond | 3 (0) | |
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).
Brooker was recruited from Warragul in the Central Gippsland Football Association in 1911 and made his debut in August in Round 16, 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
- 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
- Norm Brooker's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Norm Brooker at AustralianFootball.com
- Norm Brooker’s Profile @ Tigerland Archive
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