Norm Cockram

Norm Cockram
Personal information
Full name	Norman John Cockram
Born	(1899-08-27)27 August 1899 Northcote, Victoria
Died	16 March 1973(1973-03-16) (aged 73) Preston, Victoria
Original team	Northcote
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1922–1933	Fitzroy	120 (82)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1933.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Cockram (27 August 1899 – 16 March 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football

Cockram, a key position player, was originally from Northcote. He was Fitzroy's centre half-forward in their 1923 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon.^[1][2]

Now playing as a fullback, Cockram returned to Northcote in 1929 and was a member of their premiership team that year.^[3]

In 1932 he resumed his VFL career and he retired the following year.^[2]

He was good enough to represent Victoria B on three occasions during his career.^[4]

Notes

1. Lovett (2004).
2. AFL Tables: Norm Cockram
3. "Norm Cockram". Australian Football.
4. Holmesby & Main (2007).

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
• Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.