| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1916 | ||
| Date of death | 1968 (aged 51–52) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Aberdare | |||
| Grace Bros | |||
| 1947 | North Shore | ||
| International career | |||
| 1947–1950 | Australia | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Norman Conquest (1916–1968) was an Australian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Australia eleven times.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Conquest played for a number of teams in New South Wales, including Aberdare, Grace Brothers and North Shore.[1]
International career
[edit]Conquest played eleven times for Australia between 1947 and 1950.[2] He toured with the Australian team in South Africa. He was the Australian goalkeeper in a 1951 match between Australia and an English Football Association XI representative side at the Sydney Showground which Australia lost 17–0.[3][4] He also represented the New South Wales state team.
Later years and death
[edit]Conquest died at the age of 51 in 1968.[5]
Honours
[edit]In 2002 Conquest was posthumously inducted into the Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Soccer - Player Statistics". OzSoccer!. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ^ The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ "Interview with Ron Lord". OzSoccer!. Archived from the original on 3 November 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
- ^ Schwab, Laurie (30 May 1991). "Soccer veterans relive massacre of '51". The Age. p. 24. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Soccer star dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 October 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Soccer Australia Announces Hall Of Fame Inductees". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 18 September 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2006.
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