Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Hercules Rex Clive Norman
- Born
- Saturday, 8th August, 1891
- Died
- Saturday, 30th December, 1961 (Aged 70 years and 143 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Ray Norman
- Roy Norman
- Bernard Norman
Biography
The younger brother of Test pivot Ray Norman toured with the 1921-22 Kangaroos and, following in the footsteps of Viv and Bill Farnsworth, became the second set of brothers to represent Australia. Rex Norman played in 21 matches on tour, scoring 32pts (2t, 13g), but did not appear in a Test.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| NRL | 142 | 28 | 46 | - | 176 | 63 | 71 | 8 | 44.37% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 52.63% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Orange | 1 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Metropolis | 1911, 1914-15 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| NSW Seconds | 1921 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| NSW Firsts | 1921 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Kangaroos | 1922 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Orange | 1924 | 1 | - | 4 | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1911-1924 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1910 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44.44% | List | |||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1911 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.71% | List | |||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1912 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14.29% | List | |||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1913 | 12 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 25.00% | List | |||
| Annandale | NSWRFL 1914 | 14 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7.14% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1915 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 53.85% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1916 | 13 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1917 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1918 | 12 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1919 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1920 | 11 | 1 | 8 | - | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.55% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1921 | 8 | 3 | 34 | - | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | NSWRFL 1922 | 15 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| Annandale | 1910-14 | 56 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 14 | 39 | 3 | 25.00% | List | |||
| South Sydney | 1915-17, 1919 | 40 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 55.00% | List | |||
| Eastern Suburbs | 1918, 1920-22 | 46 | 8 | 46 | - | 116 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 58.70% | List | |||
| Overall | 1910-1922 | 142 | 28 | 46 | 0 | 176 | 63 | 71 | 8 | 44.37% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
12/12/2022
Hercules Rex Clive Norman is my grandfather, my father Raymond Jack Norman is Rex Norman's only son and only child.
My father would always remind me about my grandfather when I was growing up as a young fella and my father thoroughly explained to me exactly just how great of a man my grandfather was.
My father would say Rex Norman had superior Rugby League intelligence with great speed, athletic agility, extreme physical strength and top of the range ball skills.
Rex Norman played mutiple positions throughout his career including Centre, Wing and Fullback.
He was an outstanding Rugby League player that could kick the ball with both feet and also the NSW Rugby Football League's top point scorer in 1921.
Rex was one of four brothers along, with Bernard, Roy and Ray, who played in the NSW Rugby Football League first-grade competition.
Rex and Ray became only the second set of brothers to represent Australia, behind Viv and Bill Farnsworth. Rex was selected for Australia for the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and ended up playing in 21 tour matches in his footy Career.
He played 13 seasons in first grade in the NSWRFL, playing for Annandale between 1910 and 1914, South Sydney between 1915-1917 and 1919, and Eastern Suburbs Roosters in 1918, and 1920–1922.
Rex was very talented and naturally skilled in mutiple sports that he also played first-class cricket for New South Wales, appearing in seven matches from 1918 to 1920. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 31 wickets at 26.83.
I am definitely very proud of my Grandfather Rex and his brothers Bernie, Roy and Ray with all their achievements in Rugby League and for their extraordinary contributions to the history this great sport.
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