Norman Good

Norman Good
Born
Robert Norman Scott Good

(1885-03-29)29 March 1885
East Melbourne, Victoria
Died16 June 1962(1962-06-16) (aged 77)
Camberwell, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 University 4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909–10Western Australia

Robert Norman Scott Good (29 March 1885 – 16 June 1962) was an Australian sportsman who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL)[1] and represented Western Australia as a first-class cricketer.

Life and career

Norman Good was born in 1885 to Charles Edwin Good and Sarah Cowie Scott and was educated at Geelong Grammar School[2] before studying medicine at the University of Melbourne.[3] He was an accomplished sportsman and earned a triple blue for representing the university in rowing,[4] cricket[5] and football.[6] He played district cricket for University for several seasons and made four appearances for University in the first half of the 1909 VFL season.[7]

After graduating he served as medical officer at the Ballarat Public Hospital for a term, and then took a position as Resident Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne.[8] In July 1909 he accepted a position as Resident Medical Officer at the Perth Children's Hospital, which ended his senior football career. While in Western Australia he made two appearances for Western Australia in first-class cricket.

In 1913 Norman Good married Viola Mary Frances Wettenhall and they commenced married life in Young, New South Wales. He enlisted for service as a captain with the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I in July 1918 but the war ended before he was called up.[9][10] Good played a prominent role as senior doctor in Young and took part in the sporting life of the town, taking a strong interest in the tennis and golf clubs.

In 1923 the Good family moved back to Victoria and soon settled in Geelong where he practiced medicine for over 20 years. After retirement Good moved to Mitcham in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs. He died in 1962, survived by his wife and five children.

See also

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 290. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Matriculation results". The Australasian. Victoria, Australia. 11 January 1902. p. 37.
  3. ^ "Conferring degrees". The Australasian. Victoria, Australia. 28 December 1907. p. 48.
  4. ^ "Interstate university rowing match". Punch. Victoria, Australia. 2 June 1904. p. 10.
  5. ^ "University cricket". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 5 April 1904. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Athletics". Leader. Victoria, Australia. 27 April 1907. p. 15.
  7. ^ "University's defeat". The Argus. Victoria, Australia. 17 May 1909. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Dr. Norman Good". Western Mail. Western Australia. 17 July 1909. p. 34.
  9. ^ "Discovering Anzacs: Robert Norman Scott Good". National Archives of Australia.
  10. ^ Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-9923791-4-8.