1. Norman "Latchem" Robinson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer, coach, selector and club administrator for the Balmain Tigers club in Sydney and a City, State and National selector and manager.
16 Facts About Norm Robinson
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Norm Robinson served as NSW and Australian coach in 1948 and 1958 respectively.
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Norm Robinson was a member of the Balmain Tigers team that won the Premiership in the 1924 NSWRFL season.
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Norm Robinson was selected in the New South Wales rugby league team between 1925 and 1926, playing a total of 5 games for the Blues.
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Norm Robinson played in the Maher Cup for Cootamundra in 1928, gaining representative selection for Southern Division in a match against Great Britain.
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Norm Robinson then returned to Sydney and continued playing for Balmain.
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Norm Robinson had three separate coaching spells with the Balmain club.
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Norm Robinson coached the Balmain Tigers in 1930,1944,1945,1946,1947,1954,1955 and 1956 before retiring.
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Norm Robinson was coach of New South Wales in 1948.
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Norm Robinson was manager of the Australian team in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup.
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Norm Robinson was appointed coach of the Australian team for the 1958 Ashes series against the touring Great Britain Lions.
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Norm Robinson was for many years after his playing retirement a Secretary-Manager of the Balmain Leagues Club.
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Norm Robinson was awarded a Life Membership of that organisation for outstanding service to the club industry.
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The "Latchem" Norm Robinson stand at Leichhardt Oval, Balmain's home ground, is named in his honour.
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Norm Robinson died 12 days before the opening of the stand by Neville Wran, premier of New South Wales and Tiger supporter, in 1980.
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Norm Robinson's largely attended funeral was held at St Thomas's Church, Rozelle, New South Wales on 21 March 1980 and he was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.