Norman Ware
Australian rules footballer, born 1911
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Norman Ware (5 March 1911 – 26 August 2003[1]) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
| Norm Ware | |||
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Ware in 1942 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Norman Ware | ||
| Born | 5 March 1911 | ||
| Died | 26 August 2003 (aged 92) | ||
| Original team | Sale | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | ||
| Position | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1932–1946 | Footscray | 200 (220) | |
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1941–1942 | Footscray | 33 (20–13–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
A ruckman for Footscray, Ware is the only person to have won the Brownlow Medal while being both captain and coach.[1][2] He is likely to remain so indefinitely, as it would be highly unlikely for a captain of an AFL team to act as a coach today, due to salary cap regulations implemented in 1987 in order to prevent wealthier clubs from circumventing the restrictions of the salary cap and salary floor.[3] Additionally, while captain-coaches used to be relatively common in earlier years of the game, the practice has been phased out, with the last captain-coach of an AFL team being Alex Jesaulenko in 1979 and the last player-coach being Malcolm Blight in 1981.[4][5]
He was recruited from Sale. His brother Wally played for Hawthorn.[6]
In 2001 Ware was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Career highlights
- Brownlow Medal: 1941
- Footscray Best and Fairest: 1934, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942
- Footscray captain: 1940
- Victorian representative (10 games, 6 goals)
- Footscray Team of the Century (2002)
- Footscray-Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame: Legend (2018)
- Australian Football Hall of Fame (2001)
