Norm Oliver
Collingwood
AFL career
13 games2 goals
- Debut
- R18 1940 v STK31 Aug 1940
- Most recent
- R18 1941 v NTH30 Aug 1941
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Heidelberg, Norm Oliver was a prodigious athletic talent who arrived at Victoria Park with high expectations in both football and tennis, with many predicting he would eventually represent Australia in the Davis Cup. A key defender who combined height with excellent mobility, he broke into the Magpies' lineup as a teenager in 1940 and quickly looked at home at the elite level. His promising sporting life was tragically cut short by the Second World War, during which he served as a Flying Officer in the RAAF. Oliver was killed in action in 1944 when his aircraft crashed in New Guinea, ensuring his 13-game tenure remains a poignant reminder of the generation lost to global conflict.
Profile
- Full name
- Norm L. Oliver
- Born
- 15 Aug 1922
- Died
- 27 June 1944 (aged 21y 317d)
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, VIC
- Deathplace
- Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Height
- 182 cm
- Weight
- 79 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Heidelberg, Norm Oliver was a prodigious athletic talent who arrived at Victoria Park with high expectations in both football and tennis, with many predicting he would eventually represent Australia in the Davis Cup. A key defender who combined height with excellent mobility, he broke into the Magpies' lineup as a teenager in 1940 and quickly looked at home at the elite level. His promising sporting life was tragically cut short by the Second World War, during which he served as a Flying Officer in the RAAF. Oliver was killed in action in 1944 when his aircraft crashed in New Guinea, ensuring his 13-game tenure remains a poignant reminder of the generation lost to global conflict.