Jack Norris (footballer)

Jack Norris
Jack Norris
Personal information
Full name	John Thomas Norris
Date of birth	20 March 1923
Place of birth	Casterton, Victoria
Date of death	30 April 2015 (aged 92) [1]
Place of death	Nerang, Queensland
Original team(s)	Army / Casterton
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Playing career1
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 10, 2019

John Thomas "Jack" Norris (20 March 1923 – 30 April 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos, the Kangas or North, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world. It is based at the Arden Street Oval in the inner Melbourne suburb of North Melbourne, Victoria, but plays its home matches at the nearby Docklands Stadium.

The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.

Notes

↑ "HeavenAddress: John Thomas Norris".
↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 661. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Jack Norris's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Jack Norris at AustralianFootball.com

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[1] "HeavenAddress: John Thomas Norris".

[encyc-2] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 661. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.