Tottenham Hotspur FC23appearances, 0 goals P 23 W 11 D 6 L 6 F 57: A 3561% successful 1957-64captain: noneminutes played: 2070
Timeline
Maurice Norman
Birth
8 May 1934 in Mulbarton, Norfolk[registered in Henstead, June 1934].
According to the 1939 register, Maurcie, a schoolboy, was living with his mother, Beatrice, and the two of them alone lived 'near church' in Forehoe.
Marriage
to Jacqueline F. Knight, at Northaw Church, Northaw_[registered in Hatfield, March 1961]_.
Death
Sunday, 27 November 2022 at his home in Felixstowe, aged 88 years 203 days. He was suffering with Alzheimer's Disease
Source
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
PlayingCareer
Club(s)
Played for Norfolk Schools and started with local junior side, Mulbarton FC and Wymondham Minors FC. Joined Norwich City FC on amateur forms in 1951, turning professional in September 1952. Tottenham Hotspur FC signed him on 3 November 1955 for a £17,250 transfer fee, plus Irish international Johnny Gavin. Norman had suffered a double fracture of the left tibia and fibula in a Spurs friendly on 18 November 1965 against a Hungarian Select XI and never featured again. His Tottenham contract was allowed to expire on 30 June 1967, and Norman announced his retirement. He received a Benefit Match on 8 October 1967.
League honours392 appearances, 16 goals
Norwich City FC 11955 35 appearancesdebut (division three south): 5 February 1955 Watford FC 2 Norwich City FC 2TottenhamHotspur FC1955-65 357 appearances, sixteen goalsddebut: 5 November 1955 Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 Cardiff Coty FC 1last: 13 November 1965 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 3.
Club onours
Football League runners-up 1956-57 (16ᵃ), 1962-63 (38, 1ᵍ), third place 1957-58 (33, 1), 1959-60 (39, 1), 1961-61 (40), Champions 1960-61 (41, 4); FA Cup winners 1960-61 (7), 1961-62 (7), 1966-67 (injured); FA Charity Shield 1961, 1962**;European Cup Winners Cup winners** 1962-63;
Individual honours
Football League (one appearance)
Height/Weight
6' 1", 12st. 2lbs [1963].
Source
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number
One of two who became the 804th players (805) to appear for England.
Position(s)
Centre-half
First match
No.358, 20 May 1962, Peru 0 England 4, a friendly match at Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima, aged 28 years 12 days.
Last match
No. 386, 9 December 1964, Netherlands 1 England 1, a friendly match at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, aged 30 years 215 days.
Major tournaments
FIFA World Cup Finals 1958, 1962; British Championship 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65;
Team honours
British Championship shared 1963-64, winners 1964-65;
Individual honours
England U23(one appearance, February 1956)England B (two appearances, May 1957)
Distinctions
The fourth Norfolkian to represent England
Beyond England
After his enforced retirement, Norman became an assistant manager at a North London garage. Later on, along with his wife, he opened a wool shop at Frinton-on-Sea, where he also worked as a gardener. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.185.
The Numbers
parties
Appearances
comp. apps
unused/reserve
minutes
captain
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23
10
0
2070
0
none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &