Club Career
A St George junior and Sutherland local, Provan's junior football was played with the Sutherland Woronora Juniors. He was graded by St George in 1950 after being turned down by Easts. Provan was member of the Dragons side that lost the 1953 final to South Sydney – the two clubs would battle head-to-head on many more occasions in Provan's illustrious career.
After the retirement of Ken Kearney in 1962 from the playing arena, and given the Dragons administrators' preference for a player-coach, he took over as captain-coach and the club's dominant run continued. Provan holds the club record of 284 games for St George achieved between 1951 and 1965. He played in the first ten of their run of premiership victories – as captain-coach for four - and made 30 finals appearances for the club.
Norm Provan's last game before retirement was a victory in the 1965 Grand Final where the Dragons beat the Rabbitohs 12–8 in front 78,065 which stands as the Sydney Cricket Ground's all-time attendance record.
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