Arthur South
Sir Arthur South(29 October 1914 – 28 January 2003) was a prominentNorfolkpolitician and administrator in the 1970s.
Having beenNorwich City Council's youngest councillor, South led the Council for 18 years and wasLord Mayor of Norwichfor 1956-1957.[1]
He will be "remembered by football fans as a forthright chairman and high-profile ambassador ofNorwich City Football Club(1973-1985). "[1]It was in recognition of this that South was made an inaugural inductee of theNorwich City Hall of Fame.The South Stand atCarrow Roadis not named in South's honour as is sometimes supposed. Research by the Norwich City Football Club Historical Trust has found the club was referring to "the south terrace" in the early 1950's before Arthur's involvement with the club. (The stand's orientation is actually south-east). Arthur performed the opening ceremony on behalf of the Supporters' Club, who funded the stand, in his role as a former Lord Mayor of Norwich but no entries in contemporary newspapers or the club's minute books refer to the stand being named after him.[2]The Sir Arthur South Lounge, located within the River End stand of Carrow Road is, however, named in his honour.[3]
The Arthur South Day Procedure Unit at theNorfolk and Norwich University Hospitalis also named in South's honour.
References
[edit]- ^ab"Minutes of Proceedings of a Meeting of the County Council held on Tuesday 28th January 2003"(PDF).Norfolk County Council. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 9 February 2012.Retrieved4 January2013.
- ^"A history of Norwich City Football Club".Norwich HEART. Archived fromthe originalon 14 July 2013.Retrieved31 October2016.
- ^"Carrow Road"(PDF).Canaries.co.uk.Retrieved4 January2013.
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