Ray Norman

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Hugh Valentine Raymond Norman
Born
Friday, 30th November, 1888
Died
Thursday, 29th April, 1971 (Aged 82 years and 148 days)
Place Of Birth
Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia

Known Family Links

Brother
Rex Norman
Roy Norman
Bernard Norman

Biography

Outstanding five-eighth and centre had a grounding in RU before joining brothers Rex and Roy at the Annandale club. Norman, whose 84 career pts (12t, 24g) remains a modest club record with the now defunct inner city club first represented NSW on the history-making tour of NZ in 1912. Moving to Souths he made his Test debut as a five-eighth in the First Test against England in 1914. He was Australia's only try-scorer in the 23-5 loss but was dropped for the remainder of the series and had to wait another five years, until after the end of World War I, to represent Australia again. After moving to Easts, Norman toured NZ with the Australian team in 1919 and made his final Test appearance in the Fourth Test at Auckland. Ray Norman coached Easts to win the premiership in 1923 and later coached Manly (1954) and NSW Country. He spent a lot of his adult life coaching school children on the skills of the game, even writing a text book on rugby league that was adopted by the NSW Education Department. Norman passed away in 1971, age 82.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 59 36 20 3 61.02% List
City Cup 16 12 4 0 75.00% List
NRL Finals 1 1 0 0 100.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1922 16 9 5 2 56.25% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1923 17 14 3 0 82.35% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1924 8 3 5 0 37.50% List
Manly NSWRFL 1954 18 10 7 1 55.56% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs 1922-24 41 26 13 2 63.41% List
Manly 1954 18 10 7 1 55.56% List
Overall1922-1954 59 36 20 3 61.02% List

Your Say

  • Max Cooper
    28/04/2018

    Ray was my next door neighbour when I was growing up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Whilst he suffered from a lack of mobility in later life and always had a walking stick, rugby league was always close to his heart & constantly taught ball, taclong & other skills to those interested. He also ran weekly training sessions in his back yard which attracted uo to 20 neighbourhood kids. He had a tackle machine built into his property so he could conduct drills properly. His classes featured in Rugby League Week - the magazine of what is now the NRL. Ray & his wife were incredibly generous & much loved in the local community.

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates, Jamie Murdoch