STATISTICS & HISTORY
Mount Norris was a schoolboy athletic star at the Peddie Insititue, a college preparatory school in Hightstown, New Jersey. During his years at Peddie, he was coached by the legendary turn-of- the- century pro basketball star, John Plant. Norris continued to shine in athletics while at Columbia University where he was a star on the football, basketball and baseball teams. Norris played only one season of professional basketball, before retiring to concentrate on his burgeoning business career.
| MOUNT NORRIS | Height: | 5:11 | Weight: | 185 | College: | Columbia’28 | |||||
| Elijah Mount Norris | Born: May 1904 | Died: Jul 26, 1952 | Hometown: | Hightstown, NJ | |||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1924-25 | Columbia (Frosh) | College | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Columbia | College | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Rochester–Trenton | ABL | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1.3 | ||||
| 1938039 | Hightstowm A.A. | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1.3 | ||||||