Norman Henry “Norm” Johnson

HERITAGE No: 278

BIRTH: 4 January 1907

Bowning, NSW

DEATH: 25 September 1963 Ashfield, NSW, late of Narrabundah, ACT

DEATH: 25 September 1963

Ashfield, NSW, late of Narrabundah, ACT

OCCUPATION: School Teacher, 1930

RESIDENCE: Leon St Croydon, NSW, 1930

GAME HISTORY

Goulburn RL
Glebe RL 1926
Waratah-Mayfield RL (Newcastle) 1927, 1928, 1929
Newcastle RL v South Sydney RL 1928
Newcastle RL v St George RL 1928
Newcastle RL v Central Northern RL 1928
Wests RL First Grade 1930, 1931
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1931
Metropolis RL v New Zealand RL 1930
University RL 1932
Kandos RL Player/Coach 1933, 1934

Norm

The noted Sports Journalist and Rugby League Historian David Middleton, interviewed Norm Johnson’s son, Don, in 2012.

Don Johnson advised that Norm’s father was working on the Burrinjuck Dam at the time Norm was born. He was born in a tent in the south west NSW town of Bowning in January 1907. It wasn’t until 1910 that his birth was registered. Norm appeared to have played rugby league at Goulburn, but no record has been found other than a number of stories that referred to his time there when Wests visited Goulburn in 1931.