A promising school career saw Norman play for Bromley before joining Tottenham Hotspur in June 1908 and, after a year at White Hart Lane without breaking into the first team, he began a nomadic career, spending a season with each of Crystal Palace, Plymouth, Croydon Common and Chelsea.
He finally achieved the first team football he craved at Stockport County and, after signing in June 1913, he was a regular in the club's Second Division side,
In February 1915, Norman enlisted in the Army, joining 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion, but then signing for Stalybridge Celtic the following month, later playing for Reading whilst undergoing military training.
In the summer of 1916, he was by now a Serjeant and involved in the heavy fighting to take Delville Wood during the Somme Campaign and on 28 July he was killed.
Norman's body was never recovered and so his death is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
He finally achieved the first team football he craved at Stockport County and, after signing in June 1913, he was a regular in the club's Second Division side,
In February 1915, Norman enlisted in the Army, joining 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion, but then signing for Stalybridge Celtic the following month, later playing for Reading whilst undergoing military training.
In the summer of 1916, he was by now a Serjeant and involved in the heavy fighting to take Delville Wood during the Somme Campaign and on 28 July he was killed.
Norman's body was never recovered and so his death is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
A promising school career saw Norman play for Bromley before joining Tottenham Hotspur in June 1908 and, after a year at White Hart Lane without breaking into the first team, he began a nomadic career, spending a season with each of Crystal Palace, Plymouth, Croydon Common and Chelsea.
He finally achieved the first team football he craved at Stockport County and, after signing in June 1913, he was a regular in the club's Second Division side,
In February 1915, Norman enlisted in the Army, joining 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion, but then signing for Stalybridge Celtic the following month, later playing for Reading whilst undergoing military training.
In the summer of 1916, he was by now a Serjeant and involved in the heavy fighting to take Delville Wood during the Somme Campaign and on 28 July he was killed.
Norman's body was never recovered and so his death is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
He finally achieved the first team football he craved at Stockport County and, after signing in June 1913, he was a regular in the club's Second Division side,
In February 1915, Norman enlisted in the Army, joining 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion, but then signing for Stalybridge Celtic the following month, later playing for Reading whilst undergoing military training.
In the summer of 1916, he was by now a Serjeant and involved in the heavy fighting to take Delville Wood during the Somme Campaign and on 28 July he was killed.
Norman's body was never recovered and so his death is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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