Norm Carr
{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}}
{{For|the British conservationist|Norman Carr}}
{{Disputed|date=May 2011}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
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|birth_place = Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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|year1end = 84
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|year2start = 1985
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|yearAstart = 1980
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Norm Carr (born 20 February 1955{{cite web|website=Rugby League Project|accessdate=5 January 2022|title=Norm Carr|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/norm-carr/summary.html}}) 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,{{cite news|last=Ricketts|first=Steve|title=QRL managing director Ross Livermore tells Blues that Martin Kennedy does not want to play for them|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/qrl-managing-director-ross-livermore-tells-blues-that-martin-kennedy-does-not-want-to-play-for-them/story-e6frep66-1226034912722|accessdate=29 April 2011|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=7 April 2011}} 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.{{cite news|last=Ricketts|first=Steve|title=Lionel Morgan's SOS call: Sack our selectors|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/morgans-call-to-sack-selectors/story-e6frep66-1111116341243|accessdate=30 May 2011|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|date=15 May 2008}} 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
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{{Western Suburbs squad - 1975 BRL premiers}}
{{Western Suburbs Panthers squad - 1976 BRL premiers}}
{{Souths Magpies squad - 1985 BRL premiers}}
{{Queensland Maroons - Inaugural State of Origin team}}
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Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Brisbane rugby league team players
Category:Queensland Rugby League State of Origin players
Category:Rugby league players from Coffs Harbour
Category:Souths Logan Magpies players
Category:Wests Panthers players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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