As a teenager, he was Canada's youngest player during FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 1957.
In the Mainland Soccer League, he won the 1957 Imperial Cup with the Vancouver Capilano's.
[5] Normie's brother Gordon McLeod also played in the Pacific Coast League.
The two brothers were champions together at Vancouver Hale-Co FC and were part of Canada's national squad in 1960.
Normie's son Norman Jr. won national titles alongside cousins Billy and Mike McLeod.