Norm Fleming
![]() Norm Fleming. 1930 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Norman Charles John Fleming | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia | 4 February 1903|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 September 1964 Jannali, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 61)|||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Charles John Fleming (4 February 1903 – 12 September 1964) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.
Playing career[]
Fleming came to St. George via the local Brighton junior club in 1929. He was a five-eighth and halfback in his playing days and turned out for the Saints on 65 occasions.,[2] including 18 first grade games.
Norm Fleming later coached his famous son, Doug Fleming in the lower grades at St. George in the late 1940s.[3] Norm Fleming also served in the RAAF in World War II.[4]
Death[]
Fleming died on 12 September 1964 at Jannali, New South Wales.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Norm Fleming - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
- ^ THE SUN (Sydney) 8/9/1949 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230937061?searchTerm=%22norm%20fleming%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194
- ^ Whiticker/Hudson, "The ENcyclopedia of Rugby League Players" 1995 Edition (ISBN 1875169571)
- ^ RAAF List WW2 http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=R&veteranId=907788
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald- Death Notice 14/9/1964
Categories:
- St. George Dragons players
- 1903 births
- 1964 deaths
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Australian Army soldiers
- Australian rugby league biography, 1900s birth stubs