Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

Arthur South (29 October 1914 – 28 January 2003) was a prominent

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politician and administrator in the 1970s. Having been

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's youngest councillor, South led the Council for 18 years and was

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for 1956-7. He will be "remembered by football fans as a forthright chairman and high-profile ambassador of Norwich City Football Club (1973-1985)." It was in recognition of this that South was made an inaugural inductee of the Norwich City Hall of Fame. The South Stand at

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is named in South's honour. The Sir Arthur South Lounge, located within the Norwich and Peterborough stand of Carrow Road is also named in his honour. His name lives on at the

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where the operating theatre complex for day surgery is named the Arthur South Day Procedure Unit.

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1914 births 2003 deaths People associated with the University of East Anglia Norwich City F.C. Politicians from Norwich Mayors of Norwich {{england-politician-stub