Norman Conquest (footballer)
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Norman Conquest (born 1916) was an Australian football (soccer) player who played as a goalkeeper.
Conquest played for a number of teams in New South Wales, including Abedare, Grace Bros and North Shore,[1] and also represented both the New South Wales state team and the Australian national team. He is best known for being the Australian goalkeeper in a 1951 match between Australia and an English FA representative side at the Sydney Showground which Australia lost 17-0.[2] In 2002 Conquest was posthumously inducted into Football Federation Australia's Hall of Fame.[3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Australian Soccer - Player Statistics. OzSoccer!. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
- ^ Interview with Ron Lord. OzSoccer!. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
- ^ Soccer Australia Announces Hall Of Fame Inductees. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved on November 3, 2006.
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