Education
Norman played high school football at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California and attended Stanford University where he was Stanford"s starting quarterback from 1958 to 1960.
Norman played high school football at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California and attended Stanford University where he was Stanford"s starting quarterback from 1958 to 1960.
Norman"s tenure came at a low point in Stanford football history: the 1959 team went 3-7 and the 1960 squad was 0-10. In a losing effort in the 1959 Big Game against Cal, Norman threw for 401 yards, then an National Collegiate Athletic Association record, and still a Big Game record. Norman"s 1960 season was less impressive, but he still threw for more than 1,000 yards.
Norman was nonetheless named the game"s Most Valuable Player and his 311 passing yards remains the fourth-highest in Senior Bowl history.
Norman was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 1961 NFL Draft and by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth round of the 1961 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft. Norman opted to play with the NFL Bears, but saw action in just three games.
He remained with the Bears through the 1962 season, and then was traded to the San Francisco 49ers for the 1963 season. The 49ers waived him before the season started, ending his.