Norm Carr

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Norm Carr

Personal information
Full name	Norman Carr
Born	(1955-02-20) 20 February 1955 (age 69) Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Position	Lock
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 197?–84 Western Suburbs 1985–86 Southern Suburbs 38 6 0 0 24 Total 38 6 0 0 24 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1980–82 Queensland 4 0

Norm Carr (born 20 February 1955^[1]) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played his entire club career in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership for Souths and Wests, winning grand finals with both.

Biography

Born in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales,^[2] Carr played for Brisbane Wests in the QRL State League. He scored a try in Brisbane's 1979 Amco Cup final loss to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Carr's three-game sojourn in the Maroon jumper began off the bench in 1980, but didn't play as he wasn't called upon by coach John McDonald.^[3] He actually played in 1981. He was elevated to the starting XIII for the second and third games of the 1982 series. Carr played at lock forward as Queensland wrapped up the series with victories. Carr captained Souths Magpies to victory in the 1985 Brisbane Rugby League premiership, scoring a try against Wynnum-Manly in the grand final.

References

1. "Norm Carr". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
2. Ricketts, Steve (7 April 2011). "QRL managing director Ross Livermore tells Blues that Martin Kennedy does not want to play for them". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
3. Ricketts, Steve (15 May 2008). "Lionel Morgan's SOS call: Sack our selectors". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 30 May 2011.