Norm Oliver (footballer, born 1922)

Norman Leslie Oliver (15 August 1922 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a talented tennis player, and there was a possibility of him being a future Davis Cup player.

Family

Son of Harold George Oliver (1893-1968), and Gladys Elizabeth Ann Oliver (1894-1961), née Atherton, Norman Leslie Oliver was born on 15 August 1922.

Military service

Serving as a Flying Officer in the RAAF during World War II, he was killed when his Kittyhawk plane crashed on a beach in New Guinea.

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

Footnotes

References

• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020).
• Roll of Honour: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Australian War Memorial.
• Roll of Honour Circular: Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• Flying Officer Norman Leslie Oliver (436020), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

External links

• Forever Collingwood: Norm Oliver (1940-1941).