Researching Dave Norris
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12863 people with the Norris surname? In that year Norris was ranked number 309 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dave means "form of DAVID - beloved" and is of English origin.
Records of Dave Norris on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dave Norris and the Norris Family Tree
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Dave Norris (athlete)
David Stanley Norris (born 14 December 1939) is a former New Zealand athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump.
Norris competed at five British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1974. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's long jump. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff he had won the bronze medal in the triple jump. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he competed in both the long jump and triple jump. Norris won a total of 28 national titles and broke 11 records in jumping and hurdling events over his career.
After retiring from competitive athletics in 1978 he worked as a coach and a school principal. He was chief executive of North Harbour Basketball in Auckland for a time, and helped create the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health on Auckland's North Shore. In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Norris was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to athletics and the community.
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