Michael Norris (footballer)

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Michael Norris
Personal information
Full name Michael James Norris
Date of birth (1954-10-06) 6 October 1954 (age 67)
Original team(s) Ormond Amateurs
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1972–74 South Melbourne 10 00(4)
1975 Melbourne 00 00(-)
1976–78 Mordialloc (VFA) 49 (137)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1978.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael James Norris (born 6 October 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

After ten games across three seasons with South Melbourne, Norris moved to Melbourne in 1975 but did not play a senior game for them. Norris subsequently enjoyed a highly successful period with Mordialloc in the Victorian Football Association, scoring over 40 goals in each of his three seasons at the club and winning the VFA Division 2 premiership in 1977.

Notes

  1. 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.


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