Norm Yeo
Essendon and University
AFL career
17 games33 goals
- Debut
- R1 1906 v SME5 May 1906
- Most recent
- R2 1909 v RCH8 May 1909
Stats
Bio
A product of the prestigious Wesley College football program, Norm Yeo made an immediate impact as a prolific full-forward for Essendon in 1906. He booted 31 goals in just 15 games to top the club's goalkicking list and earned selection for the VFL representative side in his debut year, marking him as a rising star of the competition. However, business commitments took priority over football, forcing him to leave the league after a single season to captain amateur club Beverley. Yeo made a brief return to the VFL with University in 1909, fittingly ending his short sporting career with the students before retiring to become a leading executive in the Australian wool industry.
Profile
- Born
- 21 June 1886
- Died
- 01 June 1950 (aged 63y 345d)
- Birthplace
- Ballarat East, VIC
- Deathplace
- Malvern East, VIC
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Bio
1 revisionA product of the prestigious Wesley College football program, Norm Yeo made an immediate impact as a prolific full-forward for Essendon in 1906. He booted 31 goals in just 15 games to top the club's goalkicking list and earned selection for the VFL representative side in his debut year, marking him as a rising star of the competition. However, business commitments took priority over football, forcing him to leave the league after a single season to captain amateur club Beverley. Yeo made a brief return to the VFL with University in 1909, fittingly ending his short sporting career with the students before retiring to become a leading executive in the Australian wool industry.