Marty Norton
 Norton pictured in Centralian 1922, Central High School yearbook | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born: | c. 1902 Minnesota | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Weight: | 178 lb (81 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Minneapolis (MN) Central | ||
| College: | Hamline | ||
| Position: | Back | ||
| Career history | |||
| Career NFL statistics as of 1928 | |||
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| Player stats at NFL.com | |||
Martin Norton (born c. 1902) was a player in the National Football League.[1][2] He first played for the Minneapolis Marines during the 1922 NFL season. After a season away from the NFL, he re-joined the Marines for the 1924 NFL season. The next season, he played with the Green Bay Packers. He was also a member of the team for the next three seasons, but did not see any playing time during the season.
Norton was captain of the football, basketball and tennis teams while he attended Central High School in Minneapolis (class of 1921).[3] He coached the Minneapolis Globe Trotters basketball team in the 1920s. In 1925, he was named the coach of the basketball team at Ripon College. He was also an assistant coach to Carl Doehling on Ripon's football team.[4][5] Norton also played on the Minneapolis Whiz Bangs basketball team (also serving as captain), a basketball team from Appleton, Wisconsin, a football team from Ironwood, Michigan, and the Muscatine Muskies basketball team.[6][7][8][9]
References
- ^ http://www.profootballarchives.com/nort01630.html
- ^ "Former Grid Star Fined In Court At Green Bay". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, Michigan. January 12, 1928. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ http://mpshistory.mpls.k12.mn.us/uploads/tribute_to_triumph_4.pdf
- ^ "Blues Big Rival Has Good Staff". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. October 22, 1925. p. 17. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. [dead link]
- ^ "Marty Norton Will Coach Ripon Cagers". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin. September 23, 1925. p. 13. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. [dead link]
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Ironwood Daily Globe from Ironwood, Michigan on October 5, 1923 · Page 12". newspapers.com.
- ^ [2] [dead link]
- ^ "Ironwood Daily Globe from Ironwood, Michigan on January 21, 1925 · Page 8". newspapers.com.
- Profile at pro-football-reference.com
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