Norm Oliver | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Norman Maxwell Oliver | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Brunswick, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 20 February 1938 | (aged 52)||
Place of death | Swan Hill, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | Castlemaine | ||
Position(s) | Wingman | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909–1911 | Collingwood | 33 (2) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Norman Maxwell Oliver (14 November 1885 – 20 February 1938)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
The son of Charles Edward Oliver, and Jane Oliver, née Carson, Norman Maxwell Oliver was born in Brunswick, Victoria on 14 November 1885.
His brothers Les and George also played VFL football, for Richmond and Melbourne respectively.
Oliver played in 33 games over three years with Collingwood in the VFL. He was a wingman for Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final win over Carlton.
At the time, a grazier in Swan Hill, while fighting a bushfire on the afternoon of Saturday, 19 February 1938, Oliver attempted to stop a bolting horse attached to a spring cart. In the process he was run over and injured. The bushfire caught up to him, his clothing caught fire, and he was extensively burned. He died later in hospital soon after he was admitted, on Sunday, 20 February 1938.