Norm Brooker

Norm Brooker
Personal information
Full name Norman Squire Brooker
Nickname Norm
Born (1889-09-28)28 September 1889
Warragul, Victoria
Died 11 December 1976(1976-12-11) (aged 87)
Kerang, Victoria
Original team Warragul (CGFA)
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position Backline
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 Richmond 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Squire Brooker (28 September 1889 – 11 December 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Brooker was recruited from Warragul in the Central Gippsland Football Association in 1911[2] and made his debut in August in Round 16,[3] of his short three consecutive game career at Richmond.

Brooker is number 87 on the list of players to have played for the club.

Brooker served in both World Wars.

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1911 - Football: Warragul v Drouin". Trove Newspapers. West Gippsland Gazette. 23 May 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "1911 - Football Gossip". Trove Newspapers. Punch. 24 August 1911. p. 39. Retrieved 19 January 2021.