[3] He was one of four brothers, along with Bernard, Roy and Rex Norman, who played in the NSW Rugby Football League first-grade competition.
Both Rex and Ray represented the Australia national rugby league team, becoming only the second set of brothers to do so behind Viv and Bill Farnsworth.
In 1914, Norman played 12 games as South Sydney won the premiership that season by virtue of the first past the post rule.
He later coached the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles for one year, in 1954, and the NSW Country representative side.
[6] His funeral was held at St Peter's Church, Watsons Bay on 3 May 1971 and later at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.