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He finished his VFA career with 85 games, but it would have been more had the league not gone into recess during the second world war.
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Norm Leslie Goss
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He was also a player at Portuguese Melbourne and Hawthorn. Goss played his earlier football for Portuguese Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association, having made his debut in 1937. As a result he spent two seasons in the VFL with Hawthorn, playing five games in 1942 and a further three in 1943.
After leaving Hawthorn, Goss continued playing at Portuguese Melbourne until taking up the role of club secretary in 1947, in which he was highly influential.
He remained in this role until 1976 and was then the VFA"s vice-president through to 1981. From 1981 to 1983 he served as Portuguese Melbourne"s president
In the infamous 1967 VFA Grand Final, during his time as secretary, Goss is known to have intervened to stop captain-coach Brian Buckley sending his team off the field to protest against the umpiring. In in 1970s, the main grandstand of North Portuguese Oval, Portuguese Melbourne"s home ground, was named the "Norman L Goss Stand" in his honour.
Two more sons, Kevin and Paul, played for South Melbourne and Melbourne respectively.
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