[3] Bass played safety for the Denver Broncos in 1964 after arthritis cut short his 1964 baseball season.

The Broncos were an American Football League team that went 2–11–1 that season, with Bass playing Defensive Back and wearing uniform number 46.

[4] From 1960 to 1969, his brother, Dick Bass, was a running back for the Los Angeles Rams.

[1] Bass played both football and baseball in college and joined the Denver Broncos after he was unable pitch effectively in 1964, due to arthritis.

[1][5][6] Bass was stricken with meningitis at age 10 and had to be quarantined for a time after the illness almost took his life.

[7] Norm Bass had a career working for McDonnell Douglas, retiring after 30 years with the company.