Full name Norman Leslie Oliver Name Norm Oliver Height/Weight 182 cm / 79 kg | ||
Date of birth (1922-08-15)15 August 1922 Date of death 27 June 1944(1944-06-27) (aged 21) | ||
Original team(s) Melbourne High School Place of death Madang, New Guinea | ||
Norm Oliver (15 August 1922 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a talented tennis player, and there was a possibility of him being a future Davis Cup player. Serving as a Flying Officer in the RAAF during World War II, he was killed when his plane crashed on a beach in New Guinea.
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