Norm Provan

Norm Provan
Personal information
Full nameNorman Douglas Somerville Provan
Born(1932-12-18)18 December 1932
Urana, New South Wales, Australia
Died13 October 2021(2021-10-13) (aged 88)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight99 kg (15 st 8 lb)
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1951–65 St. George 256 64 1 0 194
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1954–61 New South Wales 19 4 0 0 12
1954–60 Australia 14 7 0 0 21
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1962–65 St. George 81 66 2 13 81
1968 St. George 24 14 3 7 58
1975 Parramatta 27 14 1 12 52
1978–79 Cronulla-Sutherland 50 31 2 17 62
Total 182 125 8 49 69
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1974 Illawarra Firsts 2 0 0 2 0
Source: [1][2][3]

Norman Douglas Somerville Provan (18 December 1932 – 13 October 2021) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach. Also nicknamed "Sticks",[4] he was a second-row forward with the St. George Dragons during the first ten of their eleven consecutive premiership-winning years (1956-1966). Named among the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century, he was a representative in the Australia national team from 1954 to 1960, winning 14 Tests and two World Cups. In 2018, he was inducted as the 13th Immortal of Australian rugby league.

  1. ^ "NRL Stats". Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ^ RLP
  3. ^ Yesterday's Hero
  4. ^ Toby Creswell and Samantha Trenoweth (2006). 1001 Australians You Should Know. Australia: Pluto Press. p. 703. ISBN 9781864033618.