Norm Oliver (footballer, born 1885)


Norman Maxwell "Norm" Oliver was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Charles Edward Oliver, and Jane Oliver, née Carson, Norman Maxwell Oliver was born in Brunswick, Victoria on 14 November 1885.

Siblings

His brothers Les and George also played VFL football, for Richmond and Melbourne respectively.

Football

Oliver played in 33 games over three years with Collingwood in the VFL. He was a wingman for Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final win over Carlton.

Death

At the time, a grazier in Swan Hill, while fighting a bushfire on the afternoon of Saturday, 19 February 1938, Oliver attempted to stop a bolting horse attached to a spring cart. In the process he was run over and injured. The bushfire caught up to him, his clothing caught fire, and he was extensively burned. He died later in hospital soon after he was admitted, on Sunday, 20 February 1938.