Norm Smith

Norm Smith played 227 senior VFL games chiefly for Melbourne, as well as Fitzroy between 1935 and 1950, lining up most often as a forward. On 23-0, Norm Smith's career spans 3 decades, from the 1930s to the 1950s of football.

Our era-fair model rates Norm Smith at a peak of 93 out of 100, reached in the 1940s. That figure measures Norm Smith only against the players of that same era — the teammates and opponents actually faced — using standardised output, honours and finals impact, so a 1940s forward can be compared fairly with players from any other decade of the game.

Honours on the record for Norm Smith include 4 premierships and 1 league leading-goalkicker award. Norm Smith also polled 28 Brownlow votes across the career.

Season by season, the data credits Norm Smith with 572 career goals. The full year-by-year breakdown is below.