Norm Beckton

Australian rules footballer and coach

Australian rules footballer

Norm Beckton
Personal information
Full name	Norman Aubrey Beckton
Date of birth	4 May 1898
Place of birth	Brunswick, Victoria
Date of death	8 September 1984(1984-09-08) (aged 86)
Place of death	Leongatha, Victoria
Original team(s)	Essendon Association
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1921–1930	Essendon	173 (157)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Norman Aubrey Beckton (4 May 1898 – 8 September 1984)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL during the 1920s.

Football

Beckton played as a ruckman and won Essendon's best and fairest in 1928. A premiership player in 1923 and 1924, Beckton also represented Victoria during his career. He captained Essendon in 1929 and 1930.

Notes

^ "Norman Beckton - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

References

Australia's Biggest Footballer: Who can claim the distinction?: Beckton -- The Man and His Physique, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 2 June 1926), p.1.
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8

External links

Norm Beckton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Norm Beckton at Boyles Football Photos.
Profile at Essendonfc.com

Essendon Football Club 1923/24 VFL premiers

1923: Essendon 8.15 (63) defeated Fitzroy 6.10 (46), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1924: Essendon won the finals series with 2 wins, 1 loss, and a percentage of 142.74

1. Barker (c)
2. Donaldson
3. Beckton
5. Baring
6. Fitzmaurice
6. Rawle
10. Watt
14. May
15. Laing
16. McCarthy
21. Jenkins
24. Maher
25. Stockdale
28. Garden
30. Shorten
33. Hardy

Coach: Barker

v t e Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners
1901: Thurgood 1902: Gavin 1903: N/A 1904: N/A 1905: N/A 1906: J. McKenzie 1907: N/A 1908: Busbridge 1909: Busbridge 1910: N/A 1911: Cameron 1912: Cameron 1913: Baring 1914: N/A 1915: N/A 1916: N/A 1917: N/A 1918: N/A 1919: N/A 1920: Garden 1921: N/A 1922: Fitzmaurice 1923: Fitzmaurice 1924: Fitzmaurice 1925: Stockdale 1926: Harrison 1927: Maher 1928: Beckton 1929: Okey 1930: Forbes 1931: T. Clarke 1932: Carman 1933: Walsh 1934: Reynolds 1935: Forbes 1936: Reynolds 1937: Reynolds 1938: Reynolds 1939: Reynolds 1940: Torney 1941: Buttsworth 1942: Reynolds 1943: Reynolds 1944: Bushby 1945: Buttsworth 1946: Buttsworth 1947: Hutchison 1948: Hutchison 1949: Coleman 1950: Hutchison 1951: McDonald 1952: Hutchison 1953: Hutchison 1954: Gill 1955: Hutchison 1956: Hutchison 1957: Burgess 1958: J. Clarke 1959: Mitchell 1960: Burgess 1961: Birt 1962: J. Clarke 1963: Fraser 1964: Fraser 1965: Birt 1966: D. McKenzie 1967: Birt 1968: Davis 1969: Davis 1970: Gerlach 1971: Davis 1972: Fields 1973: Wilson 1974: Moss 1975: Moss 1976: Moss 1977: Madden 1978: K. Fletcher 1979: Madden 1980: T. Watson 1981: N. Daniher 1982: T. Daniher 1983: Madden 1984: Madden 1985: T. Watson 1986: Hawker 1987: Thompson 1988: T. Watson 1989: T. Watson 1990: Thompson 1991: Ezard 1992: Harvey 1993: O'Donnell 1994: Hird 1995: Hird 1996: Hird 1997: Denham 1998: Hardwick 1999: Mercuri 2000: D. Fletcher 2001: J. Johnson 2002: M. Johnson 2003: Hird/Lucas 2004: McPhee 2005: J. Johnson 2006: Lucas 2007: Hird 2008: Hille 2009: J. Watson 2010: J. Watson 2011: Zaharakis 2012: J. Watson 2013: Goddard 2014: Heppell 2015: Hooker 2016: Merrett 2017: J. Daniher 2018: Smith 2019: Merrett 2020: Ridley 2021: Merrett 2022: Wright 2023: Merrett

Crichton Medal · Essendon Football Club best and fairest winners