Andy Norval
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Full name | Andrew McLaren Norval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia | 26 April 1912||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 May 1999 Epping, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 87)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew McLaren Norval (26 April 1912 – 16 May 1999) was an Australian professional
Career
Born in South Australia, where, as a youth, he played Australian rules football, Norval began his rugby league career in the Newcastle competition before moving to Sydney where he played 106 matches with the Eastern Suburbs club in the years (1934–41). Norval a lock played an integral role in an Eastern Suburbs sides that swept all before them during that period, winning 4 premierships as well as finishing runners-up on three other occasions.
Norval formed part of Easts' international forward pack alongside Ray Stehr, Harry Pierce and Joe Pearce.
Representative career
Norval played five matches for
Accolades
Teammate, Dick Dunn, described Norval as the best player he had seen since beginning his first grade career in 1935.
In February 2008, Norval was named in the list of Australia's
He has also been selected in Eastern Suburbs "Greatest-ever" team.In 2010 Norval was named in a South Newcastle team of the century.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ ARL Annual report, 2005. Page 53
- ^ Peter Cassidy (23 February 2008). "Controversy reigns as NRL releases top 100 players". Macquarie National News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- ARL. 23 February 2008. Archived from the originalon 26 February 2008. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
- The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2011.