Murray "Moe" Norman

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• Name: Moe Norman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-113977
• Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region: Bef 2012, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; golfer

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Script ready for movie about golfer Moe Norman, Kitchener's "unknown legend"

Kitchener Post
By Adam Jackson
For those who don't know of Moe Norman, he's a difficult man to describe.

"If I had to compare him to other characters in movies, I would say Rocky meets Forrest Gump meets Moe Norman," said producer David Carver, who has a $15 million budget to put together a movie based on the life of Moe Norman, which will be shopped to directors in the coming weeks.

"His sports career was a misunderstanding. He could do things in golf, purely out of the love of the game, that others wished they could do."

Even more accurate is another description - an "unknown legend."

"I know that's kind of an oxymoron, but it's true," said Carver.

Moe Norman, who died in 2004 of congestive heart faulure, is known as the best ball striker of all time, but his time in the limelight was limited.

Growing up in Kitchener, a childhood accident and undiagnosed head injury led to autistic savant syndrome. Soon after, Norman became obsessed with everything relating to golf. He knew the sport in and out.

His skill set led to a brief appearance on the PGA Tour, but his unorthodox behaviour and appearance stuck out \emdash especially in the proper nature of golf in the 1950s.....

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