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Norman Walter Smith - 100th birthday

Tim
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Born 21 November 1915 at Clifton Hill. Demon legend.

Hoping the Curse had a 50 year use-by on it.

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    A true legend of the club and of the game.

    Shockingly treated - please forgive us, Norm.

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    I hope the Board Members who sacked Norm are in an eternal World of Pain...

    6 Flags & not once has a Player from the MFC gone close to winning the Medal named in your honour....

    Gives me the sh!ts....

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    One day just by pure chance we'll come across some anniversary that actually breaks the Curse. Hopefully this is it.

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    I hope the Board Members who sacked Norm are in an eternal World of Pain...

    6 Flags & not once has a Player from the MFC gone close to winning the Medal named in your honour....

    Gives me the [censored]....

    Sir you have omitted the 4 flags he played in as well! Unless I have my history wrong.

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    The saddest thing of all is that Norm at the end of his life had totally severed all ties with the club.
    He was added to the board as a non voting member pending an election but the members didn't think it was appropriate to add our all time greatest figure to their numbers.
    I'm glad we're treating people with a little more courtesy (in that I refer to the initial firing) these days but our record in that regard post 1965 if you look at it holistically has been ordinary to say the least.

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    Sir you have omitted the 4 flags he played in as well! Unless I have my history wrong.

    i did to. Apologies Norm....
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