Murray "Moe" Norman

1929 - 2004  (75 years)

• Name	Murray "Moe" Norman
  Born	10 Jul 1929	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Sep 2004
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	golfer
  Name	Moe Norman
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-113977
  Person ID	I113977	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Irvin Oscar Norman,   b. 24 May 1900, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1971  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Mary Philomena Bisch,   b. 18 Oct 1899, Macton, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F50282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Moe Norman image from Facebook 2015

  
  

• Notes

  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..... Script ready for movie about golfer Moe Norman, Kitchener's "unknown legend". (2017). Waterloochronicle.ca. Retrieved 11 February 2017, from https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/sports-story/7109246-script-ready-for-movie-about-golfer-moe-norman-kitchener-s-unknown-legend-/

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jul 1929 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - golfer - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth