Norman Claxton (2 November 1877 – 5 December 1951) was an all-round sportsman from South Australia.

[1] He had a half-brother, William Claxton, who was twenty years his senior and who also played first-class cricket.

[5] He repeated the achievement in the next match, claiming 5/56 against the touring English cricket team – the best figures of his career.

[11] Described in his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry as an elegant right-handed batsman,[1] Claxton scored a total of 2,090 first-class runs between 1899 and 1909, at an average of 29.43.

[2] After his retirement from playing first-class cricket, Claxton became an administrator for South Australia, acting as a selector between 1902 and 1905, and again from 1907 until 1909.

He was the team manager for a time in 1913, and sat on the state association's committee for twenty years.

In 1934, he established a tournament intended to promote regular contests between state baseball teams.

The trophy, which he donated, is still awarded to the champions of the premier baseball competition in Australia.