Career
Pope played in the halves at the Eastern Suburbs club for five seasons in the years 1927-1931.In the 1931 season Pope captained the side that lost to South Sydney in the 1931 Grand Final. From 1932, he moved to the Maitland United club as captain-coach. Then he took on the catptain-coach role at Tumbarumba for thee seasons (1933-1936) before returning to Sydney.
He then joined the Street George Dragons club, again taking on a captain-coach role (1937-1938).
In 1931 Pope represented New South Wales in an interstate match against Queensland, and later played in North.S.W. Country Firsts in 1933. Norm Pope died on 7 April 1985, aged 77.