Norm Dickson

Norm Dickson
Personal information
Full name Norman Mons Dickson
Date of birth (1915-10-08)8 October 1915
Date of death 25 July 2004(2004-07-25) (aged 88)
Original team(s) Northcote High School
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1936–39 Richmond 28 (25)
1946–47 Northcote (VFA) 13 (15)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Mons Dickson OAM (8 October 1915 – 25 July 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

After being unable to play with Richmond in 1940 due to injury[2], Dickson enlisted in the Australian Army and served for the last four years of World War II.[3]

Upon his return from active service, Dickson resumed his football career, playing with Northcote in the Victorian Football Association.[4][5]

After his football career, Dickson moved to South Australia and lived in the Adelaide suburb of Brighton. Dickson worked as a Sales Manager for Esso and managed both the Merino and Grange Golf Clubs, serving as President for three years and club captain for two years at the Grange Golf Club. Dickson and his wife were both awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 1998, Norm Dickson's citation reading "for service to the community of Brighton, particularly through the Senior Citizens Club".[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "TIGER INJURED IN COLLISION AT TRAINING". The Herald. No. 19, 645. Victoria, Australia. 3 May 1940. p. 17.
  3. ^ "World War II Service: DICKSON, Norman Mons". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  4. ^ "MORE LEAGUE MEN FOR VFA". The Herald. No. 21, 489. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1946. p. 14.
  5. ^ "N. DICKSON IN NORTHCOTE SIDE". The Argus. No. 31, 158. Victoria, Australia. 12 July 1946. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Mr Norman Mons DICKSON". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.


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