Norman Maxwell Oliver (14 November 1885 – 20 February 1938) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for Collingwood in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of Charles Edward Oliver, and Jane Oliver, née Carson, Norman Maxwell Oliver was born in

Brunswick, Victoria Brunswick is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek Local government areas of Victoria, local go ...

on 14 November 1885.

Siblings

His brothers

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also played VFL football, for

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Football

Oliver played in 33 games over three years with Collingwood in the VFL. He was a wingman for Collingwood in the 1910 Grand Final win over Carlton.

Death

At the time, a grazier in Swan Hill, while fighting a bushfire on the afternoon of Saturday, 19 February 1938, Oliver attempted to stop a bolting horse attached to a spring cart. In the process he was run over and injured. The bushfire caught up to him, his clothing caught fire, and he was extensively burned. He died later in hospital soon after he was admitted, on Sunday, 20 February 1938. ::FIRE-FIGHTER KILLED
::Former Athlete.
::SWAN HILL, Sunday.— With the assistance of an employe, Mr. Norman Oliver was engaged tn extinguishing a grass fire on his property at Pental Island vesterday afternoon, when the wind changed suddenly and caused a chapter of accidents. The horse attached to the spring cart on which Oliver was standing became terrified, and dashed towards the fire. Oliver sprang to the ground and tried to head it off, but he missed his footing and the wheel of the cart passed over his left leg. Oliver was extensively burnt about the arms and legs, and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition.
Mr. Oliver died later from the injuries he suffered. He was 62 years of age, and was a member of a well-known Bendigo family. In his younger days he played with the Colllngwood football team, and was a successful athlete, having won the 1906 Shepparton Gift and other important events. He also played with the South Bendigo football club and Cnstlemalne, having been a post president of the former club.
Until about three years ago he was licensee of tho City Club Hotel, Bendigo, and subsequently was In partnership in tho management of the Royal Hotel, Swan Hill, which he left last year to take up grazing at Pental Island, in the Kerang district.
''The Age'', 21 February 1938.Fire-Fighter Killed, ''The Age'', (Monday, 21 February 1938), p.12.
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