Norman Arthur "Bunny" Webb (18 May 1921 – 16 June 1996) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Norm Webb | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Norman Arthur Webb | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1921 | ||
| Date of death | 16 June 1996 (aged 75) | ||
| Original team(s) | Granya | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half Forward / Centre | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947–49 | Footscray | 47 (17) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Webb was originally from the Granya Football Club and played in their 1939 losing grand final side[2] and shared the 1940 Mitta Valley Football Association best and fairest award with W Hodgkin from Mitta Valley.[3]
Webb joined the Army in 1943[4] and at some stage between 1943 and 1945, Webb played with South Sydney Football Club.[5]
He was recruited to Footscray[6] after playing in Granya's 1946 Tallangatta & District Football League premiership[7] and winning the club best and fairest award too.[8] Webb managed to play 15 consecutive senior games in his first VFL season (1947) after debuting in round five.
At the end of 1947, "Clubman", the Weekly Times football correspondent rated ex-Granya Webb the third-best of all of the first-year "former country players" in that year's VFL Competition: the best was the ex-Echuca Melbourne player, Eddie Jackson, and the second-best was the ex-Wycheproof Collingwood player, Alex Denney.[9]
Webb managed to poll 16 Brownlow Medal votes over three seasons with Footscray between 1947 and 1949.
Webb returned to Granya in 1950[10] and coached Granya to the 1951[11] premiership against Tallangatta, as well as playing a few games with Wodonga on permit and polling 7 votes in the 1951 Ovens and Murray Football League best and fairest award, the Morris Medal.[12]
When playing with the Wodonga Football Club in 1952, Webb won the Morris Medal[13] and also won Wodonga's best and fairest award in 1952 too.
Webb was captain-coach of Jindera Football Club in the Hume Football League in 1954.[14]
Webb is the only footballer to have won a Mitta Valley Football League medal (1940), Barton Medal Tallangatta & District Football League (1946 & 1950),[15] Morris Medal Ovens & Murray Football League (1952)[16] and also an Azzi Medal Hume Football League (1955).
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 933. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ "1939 - Dederang & District". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 28 August 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "1940 - Mitta Valley FA - Best & Fairest Award". Border Morning Mail. 21 September 1940 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "World War Two Service". Department of Veteran's Affairs. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Football in Sydney during World War Two". NSW Australian Football History Society. – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1947 - Four-Day Trip To Sign League Recruit". The Herald. 2 May 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "1946 - Granya win Premiership". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 2 September 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "1946 - GRANYA FOOTBALLERS' BANQUET". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW. 2 October 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ 'Clubman', "Echuca Lad is Best of his Year in City Games", The Weekly Times, (Wednesday, 3 September 1947), p.54.
- ^ "1950 - Richmond Experiments to Find Full Forward". The Age. 29 March 1950. p. 22. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "1951 - One Day Permit Being Abused". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 23 May 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "1951 - Morris Medal". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (Vic). 31 August 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "1952 - O&MFL - Morris Medal". The Corowa Free Press – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1953 - Football". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 15 December 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "1946 - Best & Fairest". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 27 August 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "1952 - MORRIS MEDAL TO WODONGA PLAYER". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 26 August 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2021.