The 'Double' set of medals awarded to Maurice Norman of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in season 1960-61, comprising: a 9ct gold medal, the obverse inscribed

The 'Double' set of medals awarded to Maurice Norman of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in season 1960-61, comprising: a 9ct gold medal, the obverse inscribed The Football League, Champions Division 1, the reverse inscribed Season 1960-61, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., M.Norman; and a 9ct gold medal, the reverse inscribed The Football Association Challenge Cup, Winners, Tottenham Hotspur F.C., M.Norman, the medals mounted on a custom-made shield-shaped teak plaque, inscribed 1960-61, Double, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. In season 1960-61 Tottenham Hotspur became the first club in the 20th century to complete the League and F.A. Cup double. Spurs were always a long way clear in the First Division title race and finished the season with a total of 66 points, eight clear of Sheffield Wednesday. The double was secured with a 2-0 victory over Leicester City in the F.A. Cup final. appendix Maurice Norman (Tottenham Hotspur and England) Lots 89 to 169 Maurice Norman was born at Mulbarton, Norfolk, 8th May 1934. The tall 6ft. 1in. centre-half shone at headwork but was also renowned for joining in the attack. He joined Norwich City on amateur forms in 1951 before turning professional in September 1952. Tottenham Hotspur signed Norman in November 1955 in a package deal involving another player for ?17,250. He was a regular member of the great Spurs team of the early 1960s where he won double-winning medals in 1960-61, a further Cup winner's medal in 1962 and a European Cup WInner's Cup medal in 1963. At international level he graduated through the England under-23 team and while still uncapped at senior level travelled to the 1958 World Cup as a reserve centre-half. Another four years were to pass before he finally made his full international debut v Peru and then immediately after played in all of England's games during the 1962 World Cup campaign in Chile. He won a total of 23 caps, the last coming in 1965. He also represented the Football League on one occasion. Maurice Norman was forced into retirement through an horrific leg injury in 1967.