He finished his VFA career with 85 games, but it would have been more had the league not gone into recess during the second world war.
As a result, he spent two seasons in the VFL with Hawthorn, playing five games in 1942 and a further three in 1943.
[4] After leaving Hawthorn, Goss continued playing at Port Melbourne[5] until taking up the role of club secretary in 1947, in which he was highly influential.
In the infamous 1967 VFA Grand Final, during his time as secretary, Goss is known to have intervened to stop captain-coach Brian Buckley sending his team off the field to protest against the umpiring.
One of his sons, also named Norm, would likewise start his career at Port Melbourne and play league football for Hawthorn, in addition to South Melbourne.