Norm Hadley
 Norm Hadley lines up in World Cup action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 March 2016 (aged 51) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb; 20 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Hadley (2 December 1964 – 26 March 2016) was a Canadian
Career
Hadley captained his national side five times in 1992–3, including on 17 October 1992 at
Following a dominant performance in the 1991 World Cup, he was named to the World Team (as selected by Rugby World magazine), and was subsequently chosen to play for the Barbarians against the World Cup winners Australia at Twickenham in 1992. His locking partner for the Barbarians that day was All Black Ian Jones. He went on to represent the Barbarians another four times. He was named Athlete of the Year in his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia following the World Cup in 1991.
While working in London and playing for Wasps, he gained perhaps his greatest notoriety for roughing up two hooligans on the London Underground, an act which not only earned him praiseworthy column inches in the British broadsheets and tabloids, but even gained him a mention in the House of Commons by then Prime Minister John Major. Already a well-known pundit on BBC TV's Rugby Special weekly program, offers for more TV appearances followed.
Hadley has one daughter, Madison Elle Watson.
At the age of 51, after many years of battling depression, chronic pain and suspected Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Hadley ended his life on 19 March 2016. The Tokyo Medical Examiner determined the cause to be an overdose of Pentobarbital.[5] His death was announced on 27 March 2016[6]
References
- ^ SUNGOLIATH SUNTORY Team Classic
- ^ "Former Canadian rugby standout Norman Hadley dies at age 51". The Chronicle Herald.
- ^ "Norman Borradaile Hadley 1964-2016". Globe and Mail. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Rugby team takes time out for Canadian history lesson". Vancouver Sun, October 18, 1991.
- ^ Autopsy Report, Tokyo Medical Examiner
- ^ "Norman Hadley: Former Wasps and Canada lock dies aged 51". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2016.