Norman Henry John Weidner (3 March 1907 – 29 January 1962) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Richmond
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in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Williamstown and Prahran footballer, Alfred Christian Weidner (1880-1959), and Ada Alice Weidner (1880-1963), née Whitmore, Norman Henry John Weidner was born at
Warragul, Victoria on 3 March 1907.
He married Violet Camelia Rich (1908-1982), at
Cheltenham, Victoria
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, on 19 January 1935.
His cousin,
Alexander Leslie "Les" Gallagher (1904-1973), also played VFL football for Richmond.
Football
Weidner was a half forward flanker from
Warragul
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who kicked at least 25 goals every season from 1928 to 1931 and was Richmond's second top goal-kicker in the first of those years.
[AFL Tables.]
He appeared in Richmond's 1927, 1928 and 1929 grand final losses and managed to kick two goals in both the
1928
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and
1929 Grand Finals.
[ In total, he kicked 15 goals from the nine finals that he played during his career.][ Richmond broke through for a premiership in 1932 but Weidner wasn't part of the success, having injured his knee playing against Collingwood in round 10.
He represented the 1928 Victorian interstate team which defeated South Australia in Melbourne by nine points.
Weidner later coached Warragul in the Central Gippsland League.]
Death
He died at Ventnor, Victoria
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on 29 January 1962.
Notes
References
* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
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1907 births
1962 deaths
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Warragul Football Club players
Richmond Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Warragul
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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