Norman Conquest (1916–1968) was an Australian

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player who played as a

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. He represented

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eleven times.

Playing career

Club career

Conquest played for a number of teams in New South Wales, including Aberdare, Grace Brothers and North Shore.

International career

Conquest played eleven times for

between 1947 and 1950. He toured with the Australian team in South Africa. He was the Australian goalkeeper in a 1951 match between Australia and an English

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representative side at the Sydney Showground which Australia lost 17–0. He also represented the New South Wales state team.

Later years and death

Conquest died at the age of 51 in 1968.

Honours

In 2002 Conquest was posthumously inducted into the

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References

1916 births Australian men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Australia men's international soccer players 1968 deaths Place of birth missing {{Australia-footy-goalkeeper-stub