Career
During World War 2, Norman served with the Royal Air Force, serving in the Far East and in Europe as a navigator in the Lancaster bombers. He was one of the British servicemen that liberated the Belsen concentration camp in 1945. After the war he signed professional forms with Leicester City Football Club. He established himself as a regular in the Leicester side at first as centre-forward, but eventually centre-half.
He became captain of the side during the 1948/49 season, under John Duncan, and led Leicester to their first cup final appearance, defeating the legendary Portsmouth side of that season 3-1 in the semi-final at Highbury.
Leicester were the underdogs against a strong Wolves side, and eventually lost 3-1. After several more seasons at Leicester, Norman eventually moved onto Mansfield Town, and finally ended his career at Kettering Town in the early 1960s.
Once he"d retired from football he ran the family shop on East Park Road, Leicester for many years until he retired. He died on 25 October 1999, after a battle with cancer.