Norman Slater
Norman Bernard "Norm" Slater (born January 23, 1894 , in San Francisco , † March 1, 1979 , Clarksburg , California ) was an American rugby union player. He became Olympic champion with the US selection in 1924 .
Slater was on the half-player positions along with his brother Colby on the Berkeley High School team and won the California State Championship with the team in 1911 and 1912.
He later moved to San Francisco and married; when he was appointed to the US selection for the Olympic rugby tournament in Paris alongside his brother Colby in 1924 , he already had two children. In France, he played in the third storm series in the first of the two games against Romania (the exact position was not noted in the match report). In the second and decisive game of the Eagles at the Olympic tournament against France , however, he served as touch judge .
After his active sporting days he moved to his brother Colby in Clarksburg in 1928, where they ran a farm together; In 1946 the Slater brothers co-founded the Clarksburg fire department, of which Norman Slater was the first director until his retirement in 1962.
Individual evidence
- ↑ scrum database: Entry on Norm Slater. ESPN , accessed August 17, 2009 .
- ^ A b c Melissa Tyler: Inventory of the Colby E. "Babe" Slater Collection, 1906-2001 (bulk 1917-1957). Department of Special Collections - General Library - University of California, Davis, June 2004, accessed August 17, 2009 .
- ↑ RugbyFootballHistory.com: rugby at the Olympics. 2007, accessed August 17, 2009 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slater, Norman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Slater, Norman Bernard (full name); Slater, Norm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rugby union player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1979 |
| Place of death | Clarksburg , California |