fullname heightweight death_date death_place years birth_place statsend originalteam birth_date nickname article_title name
edward norman belcher 182 cm / 77 kg 31 january 1947 geelong , victoria 1899 '' ' , 1902 , 1906 1904 '' ` total leopold , victoria 1906 newtown 10 july 1879 norm norman belcher
 norman belcher
norman belcher

norman belcher -lrb- 10 july 1879 -- 31 january 1947 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with geelong and essendon in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
belcher was the son of george frederick belcher -lrb- mayor of geelong -rrb- and attended geelong grammar school where he captained the school football team .
belcher played two games for geelong in 1899 before joining the army and serving with the australian commonwealth horse mounted infantry unit in the second boer war .
upon his return in 1902 , he again played for geelong but transferred to essendon for the 1904 vfl season .
despite positive reports , he failed to establish himself in the side and returned to geelong .
he played two more games for geelong in the 1906 season .
when world war i commenced , belcher was quick to offer his services -lrb- including his motor car -rrb- .
he served in the automobile corps from 1914 -- 16 .
outside football , belcher established an auctioneer business in geelong with his brother .
an active sportsman , belcher also served on the committees of the geelong racing club and geelong golf club .
norman belcher died in 1947 .
