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Norm McDonald (Gunditjmara)

Event

Sprinter

Achievements

1948/49 National Champion - 5000m
Wangaratta Gift - Winner
Maryborough Gift - Winner
Lancefield Gift - Winner
Stawell Easter Gift - Runner Up

Biography

In the 1940s-1950s, Norm McDonald was a champion athlete. McDonald won the Wangaratta, Maryborough and Lancefield Gifts and was runner-up in the Stawell Easter Gift in 1948, as well as the amateur 5000m Australian title in 1948 and 1949. McDonald was notably a star Australian footballer, playing 128 games for Essendon and winning the best and fairest in 1951.