Paul George may refer to:

Paul George (Canadian environmentalist)

Paul George (basketball) (born 1990), American basketball player

Paul St George, British artist

Paul George (horticulturalist) (1841–1921), recipient of Victoria Medal of Honour

Paul George (footballer), Irish footballer (Celtic F.C.)

See also

Name	Jason Terry
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team	Dallas Mavericks
number	31
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position	Guard
birth date	September 15, 1977
birth place	Seattle, Washington
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nationality	American
draft round	1
draft pick	10
draft team	Atlanta Hawks
draft year	1999
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years1	– | team1 Atlanta Hawks
years2	–present | team2 Dallas Mavericks
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Jason Eugene Terry (born September 15, 1977) is an American professional basketball player playing with the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. He plays shooting guard, although he also can play point guard. His nickname, "JET," derives from his initials. Regarded as an effective bench player, he won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year award in 2009.

Terry won an NBA Championship as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, when they defeated the Miami Heat in six games on June 12, 2011.

Early life

Jason was born in Seattle, Washington. He was one of ten children raised by his mother, Andrea Cheatham and his father, Curtis Terry. One of his brothers, Curtis, played college basketball for UNLV. On February 2, 2007 Terry's number (31) was retired at Franklin High School.

College career

In 1997, Terry won an NCAA Championship with the University of Arizona. His teammates included Mike Bibby, Michael Dickerson, and Miles Simon. Terry has announced that he would like to be an assistant coach with his old college basketball team once he retires from playing in the NBA.

NBA

Terry was drafted out of the University of Arizona by the Atlanta Hawks in the 1999 NBA Draft as the 10th overall selection. In the 2000–01 season, Terry emerged as the team's best player, averaging 19.7 points and leading the club in steals, assists and free throws made. He played 3,089 minutes. After spending his first five seasons with the Hawks, Terry was traded to the Mavericks just prior to the start of the 2004–05 season. He had a mediocre first few months with the Mavericks but eventually came into his own, putting up solid numbers and by the end of the season earning his spot as the Mavs' number one guard.

In the 2004–05 NBA Playoffs, Terry averaged 17.5 points on 51% shooting while hitting 49% from three-point range in his first playoff run. Yet his team failed to advance to the conference finals, losing its second-round series 4–2 to Nash's Phoenix Suns. In Game 6 of that series Terry got in a confrontation with teammate Dirk Nowitzki, who was frustrated by his own erratic play during the playoffs, for committing the crucial error of backing off of Steve Nash in the final seconds of regulation with his team up by 3, who subsequently hit the 3-point shot to send the game into overtime resulting eventually in the ousting of the Mavericks from the playoffs.

In the final seconds of Game 5 of the 2005–06 NBA Western Conference playoff semi-finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Terry in closeups was shown punching opposing guard and former teammate Michael Finley in the groin. On May 18, 2006, Terry was suspended without pay from Game 6. Despite losing that game, the Mavericks were able to close out the series in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference Finals. In Game 6 of the 2006 NBA Finals, Terry shot 7 for 25 from the field and 2 for 11 from three-point territory as the cold shooting Mavericks were eliminated in 6 games by the Miami Heat.

On July 1, 2006, after spending only 12 hours on the free-agent market, Terry agreed to a 6-year contract to stay with the Dallas Mavericks.

Terry won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 2009

On May 8, 2011, in a playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Terry tied an NBA playoff record with nine made three pointers. He joined Rex Chapman, Vince Carter, and Ray Allen in achieving this record. Terry missed only one of the three point field goals he attempted. He finished the game 10 of 14 with 32 points.

Playing style

On offense, Terry relies mainly on his shooting skills and speed. He is regarded as one of the fastest players in the league, and is an elite three-point shooter. He often pulls up for jump shots off the dribble, making him difficult to guard. He is known as a very streaky player, as his shooting accuracy can change dramatically from game to game. On defense, he is an average on-ball defender, but has great ability to come up with steals which leads to many easy fast break points.

Personal life

Terry and his wife, Johnyika, have four daughters; Jasionna, Jalayah, Jaida and Jasa Azuré. His younger sister, Lyric, used to live with them in Dallas.

His cousin is Ron Milus, a secondary coach in the NFL. Terry has the number 206 tattooed on his chest, the area code of Seattle, his hometown. He also has a tattoo of Underdog. Before the 2010-2011 season, he tattooed the NBA Championship Larry O'Brien trophy on his inner biceps and was vindicated as the Mavericks won the championship.

Terry is the cousin of Minnesota Timberwolves forward Martell Webster.

International career

Terry was a member of the United States squad for the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 1999–00 | align="left" | Atlanta | 81 || 27 || 23.3 || .415 || .293 || .807 || 2.0 || 4.3 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.1 |- | align="left" | 2000–01 | align="left" | Atlanta | 82 || 77 || 37.7 || .436 || .395 || .846 || 3.3 || 4.9 || 1.3 || .2 || 19.7 |- | align="left" | 2001–02 | align="left" | Atlanta | 78 || 78 || 38.0 || .430 || .387 || .835 || 3.5 || 5.7 || 1.9 || .2 || 19.3 |- | align="left" | 2002–03 | align="left" | Atlanta | 81 || 81 || 38.0 || .428 || .371 || .887 || 3.4 || 7.4 || 1.6 || .2 || 17.2 |- | align="left" | 2003–04 | align="left" | Atlanta | 81 || 78 || 37.3 || .417 || .347 || .827 || 4.1 || 5.4 || 1.5 || .2 || 16.8 |- | align="left" | 2004–05 | align="left" | Dallas | 80 || 57 || 30.0 || .501 || .420 || .844 || 2.4 || 5.4 || 1.4 || .2 || 12.4 |- | align="left" | 2005–06 | align="left" | Dallas | 80 || 80 || 35.0 || .470 || .411 || .800 || 2.0 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .3 || 17.1 |- | align="left" | 2006–07 | align="left" | Dallas | 81 || 80 || 35.1 || .484 || .438 || .804 || 2.9 || 5.2 || 1.0 || .2 || 16.7 |- | align="left" | 2007–08 | align="left" | Dallas | 82 || 34 || 31.5 || .467 || .375 || .857 || 2.5 || 3.2 || 1.1 || .2 || 15.5 |- | align="left" | 2008–09 | align="left" | Dallas | 74 || 11 || 33.7 || .463 || .366 || .880 || 2.4 || 3.4 || 1.3 || .3 || 19.6 |- | align="left" | 2009–10 | align="left" | Dallas | 77 || 12 || 33.0 || .438 || .365 || .866 || 1.8 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .2 || 16.6 |- | align="left" | 2010–11 | align="left" | Dallas | 82 || 10 || 31.3 || .451 || .362 || .850 || 1.9 || 4.1 || 1.1 || .2 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 959 || 625 || 33.6 || .449 || .380 || .845 || 2.7 || 4.7 || 1.3 || .2 || 16.2

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Dallas | 13 || 13 || 38.5 || .506 || .491 || .884 || 4.2 || 4.6 || 1.3 || .5 || 17.5 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Dallas | 22 || 22 || 38.4 || .442 || .307 || .831 || 2.9 || 3.8 || 1.2 || .1 || 18.9 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Dallas | 6 || 6 || 38.2 || .424 || .281 || .833 || 2.3 || 3.7 || .8 || .3 || 17.0 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Dallas | 5 || 3 || 36.0 || .433 || .438 || .867 || 1.6 || 4.8 || .4 || .2 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Dallas | 10 || 1 || 32.5 || .389 || .373 || .767 || 2.8 || 1.9 || .6 || .3 || 14.3 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Dallas | 6 || 0 || 29.0 || .377 || .400 || .750 || 2.5 || 2.0 || .7 || .2 || 12.7 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Dallas | 21 || 0 || 32.6 || .478 || .442 || .843 || 1.9 || 3.2 || 1.2 || .1 || 17.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 83 || 45 || 35.4 || .448 || .389 || .833 || 2.7 || 3.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 17.0

See also

List of National Basketball Association career 3-point scoring leaders

List of National Basketball Association career playoff 3-point scoring leaders

List of National Basketball Association players with 1000 games played

Notes

External links

NBA.com – Jason Terry

TucsonCitizen.com – Q&A; of Those in the Know – Jason Terry

Arizona Wildcats biography (archived from 1997)

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name	Roy Hibbert
width	120
position	Center
team	Indiana Pacers
number	55
height ft	7 | height_in 2
weight lb	260
nationality	AmericanJamaican
birth date	December 11, 1986
birth place	Queens, New York
high school	Georgetown Preparatory School
college	Georgetown University (2004–2008)
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Roy Denzil Hibbert (born December 11, 1986) is a Jamaican-American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He plays at the center position, and graduated from Georgetown University in 2008. He was drafted 17th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors and was immediately traded to the Pacers on draft night. He has represented the Jamaican national team in international competition; he is eligible because his father was originally from Jamaica. On February 9, 2012, Hibbert was selected to his first All-Star game as a reserve for the Eastern Conference.

Background

Roy Hibbert was born in Queens, New York to Roy, Sr. and Patty Hibbert. The family moved to Adelphi, Maryland when Roy was 2. Around that time, the ''New York Post'' states that his parents introduced him to basketball after they had "tried to get him to play tennis, then golf, then the piano."

Hibbert attended Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Maryland. The team was coached by Dwayne Bryant, who had attended Georgetown University as a varsity basketball player. Bryant introduced the still-awkward Hibbert to the GU campus. Hibbert helped make Georgetown Prep's Little Hoyas co-champions of the Interstate Athletic Conference in 2004. Since Roy is an avid Pokémon fan, his teammates would often say, "Power up, big fella," to help him play harder.

Hibbert was successfully recruited by Georgetown University coach Craig Esherick in 2003. However, Esherick was fired before Hibbert arrived on campus (Esherick's last season as coach went 13–15). John Thompson III was hired as the new coach. Hibbert joined the Hoyas as a "project," a player who had potential but was not yet ready for varsity.

College career

Hibbert was named to the All-Big East Second Team in 2006 along with teammate Jeff Green. In 2007, he and Green were unanimous selections to the All-Big East First Team, with Green earning Big East player of the year honors. The two led the Hoyas to victory in the 2007 Big East Conference Championship for the first time since 1989 against the Pittsburgh Panthers; Hibbert contributed a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Before the 2007–2008 season he was named Big East's preseason player of the year. He was also named a pre-season All-American along with the likes of Tyler Hansbrough, whose Tar Heels were upset by Hibbert's Hoyas in the Elite Eight of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

Hibbert had repeatedly said that he planned to play all four years and graduate from Georgetown, continuing the tradition of graduating Hoya centers such as Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo. However, his performance in helping to lead the Hoyas to the 2007 Final Four catapulted him into lottery pick status. Hibbert declared his eligibility for the 2007 NBA Draft, but did not sign with an agent. On May 23, 2007, Hibbert announced he would return to school for his senior season. Hibbert said of Georgetown, "My heart was here. ... I feel like I have unfinished business here."

In the summer of 2007, Hibbert was the starting center on the U.S. squad at the Pan-American Games. Hibbert is also eligible to represent Jamaica because he has ancestors from the island and will represent Jamaica in the Centro Basketball Tournament being played in Santo Domingo. Following the Hoyas' upset loss to Davidson in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Hibbert's collegiate career came to a close.

NBA career

Hibbert was drafted 17th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2008 NBA Draft, and was then acquired by the Indiana Pacers in a multi-player deal for Jermaine O'Neal. Hibbert signed his rookie deal for about $1.2 million.

In popular culture

Hibbert appeared as himself on the September 29, 2011 episode of ''Parks and Recreation'', in which he was employed by Aziz Ansari's character Tom Haverford to play one-on-one basketball with Detlef Schrempf for 75% of his NBA salary during the 2011 lockout. He later appeared in another episode of the show, in which Tom Haverford hired him at his company's farewell party to distribute shrimp.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2008–09 | align="left" | Indiana | 70 || 42 || 14.4 || .471 || .000 || .667 || 3.5 || .7 || .3 || 1.1 || 7.1 |- | align="left" | 2009–10 | align="left" | Indiana | 81 || 69 || 25.1 || .495 || .500 || .754 || 5.7 || 2.0 || .4 || 1.6 || 11.7 |- | align="left" | 2010–11 | align="left" | Indiana | 81 || 80 || 27.7 || .461 || .000 || .745 || 7.5 || 2.0 || .4 || 1.8 || 12.7 |- | align="left" | 2011-12 | align="left" | Indiana | 65 || 65 || 29.8 || .497 || .000 || .711 || 8.8 || 1.7 || .5 || 2.0 || 12.8 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 297 || 256 || 24.3 || .481 || .273 || .725 || 6.4 || 1.6 || .4 || 1.6 || 11.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| All-Star | style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || 0 || 10.0 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2010–11 | align="left" | Indiana | 5 || 5 || 26.4 || .444 || .000 || .706 || 6.8 || .6 || .4 || 1.8 || 10.4 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | | 5 || 5 || 26.4 || .444 || .000 || .706 || 6.8 || .6 || .4 || 1.8 || 10.4

References

External links

Player Profile guhoyas.com

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Series	Coronation Street
Name	Norris Cole
Introducer	Sue Pritchard (1994)Jane MacNaught (1999)
Years	1994–97, 1999—
Classification	Present; regular
Spinoffs	''Coronation Street:Knights Tale (2010)''
Portrayer	Malcolm Hebden
Home	3 Coronation Street
Occupation	Newsagent/Entrepreneur
Born	5 March 1940
Romances	Doreen FenwickMary Taylor
Wife	Myrtle (?–?)Angela Hawthorne (1995–1999)
Mother	Eunice Cole
Halfbrothers	Ramsay Clegg
First	11 March 1994 }}

Norris Benjamin Cole is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by actor Malcolm Hebden, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 11 March 1994 and remained until his departure on 14 April 1997, only to return on 1 December 1999 and continues to appear in the series to the present day. He has lived for several years in the soap opera as a lodger of fellow character, Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire), at 3 Coronation Street.

Storylines

Backstory

In March 1940, Norris was born to mother Eunice Cole. When Norris was 20 years old, his half-brother, Ramsay, whom Norris did not know existed, turned up after tracking down his mother. Later, in January 1960, Eunice died and Norris had a fight with Ramsay at the funeral and, blaming him for their mother's death, didn't want anything to do with him again. Ramsay later left. Norris later became a salesman and married a woman called Myrtle.

1994–2008

In 1994, he picked up Derek Wilton whose car had broken down, and gave him a lift to home. Norris later left his wife and moved in with Derek and Mavis, much to Mavis's horror. A year later, Norris played a joke on Derek by kidnapping his beloved gnome, Arthur, and sending a ransom note demanding sweets. He also lured Derek to the Red Rec to meet up, and Derek was arrested when believed to be a flasher who was going around Weatherfield. When Norris asked Derek to be best man when marrying Derek's ex-wife, Angela, Arthur was discovered by Derek in Norris's cupboard, when taking a drunken Norris home on his stag night. The next day when taking Norris to the wedding, Derek drove him to the wrong church as revenge towards him. When Derek died in 1997 from a heart attack following a road rage incident, Norris attended his funeral, but Angela didn't as she was too upset.

Norris returned to the street in 1999 after splitting from Angela, and moved in with the Duckworths briefly. But it didn't work out after Tyrone Dobbs's dog, Monica, gave birth to puppies on his bed. He later took up residence at 3 Coronation Street with Emily Bishop and got himself a job in the newsagents the Kabin, working with Rita Sullivan.

In May 2001, Norris was caught in Jack Duckworth's bird cage, he was initially accused of fondling the pigeons, but it later emerged that he was attempting to milk the queen pigeon and so acquire mystical powers. Luckily Jack saw the funny side, and let Norris off, provided that he bought him a pint. Then in July, Norris and Emily slept together, however it was a one night stand as Emily felt guilty, as she knew Rita was in love with Norris.

In 2002, Norris got into a scrape with local killer Richard Hillman when convinced that Richard was after Emily's money and wanted her dead. He, along with Audrey Roberts, were convinced that Richard was a killer and tried to convince people in the street. It was later found out that Richard was a serial killer, and he met his demise after drowning in the canal while trying to kill his family. On 2 September 2007, Norris proposes to Rita, with Rita declining Norris's proposal. On 25 November 2007, Norris proposes to Doreen Fenwick (Barbara Young) before he found out that both George Trench (Keith Barron) and Ivor Priestley (Paul Copley) had also proposed to her. She tells them all that she will think about their proposals while Rita describes them all as mad as each other.

In May 2008, a gang of teenage boys rob the Kabin, and during which, Norris is shoved to the ground. The experience leaves him shaken and angry. In July 2008, Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) approaches Norris and Rita, and tries to persuade them to sell the Kabin to him. Rita eventually appears enthusiastic about the idea, and eventually decides that she is going to take Tony's offer, while Norris seems angry, Tony later buys Norris, Rita, and Emily a drink in The Rovers, in an attempt to manipulate Norris to seem less reluctant about the situation.

Norris finds an envelope belonging to Emily on 22 August 2008, reading "to be opened after my death". Later on, Emily shows Norris that it is plans for her funeral. A few days later, Norris discovers that there is something else inside and uncovers some photos of Rita in earlier life. When eventually Emily and Rita discover this Emily claims that the photos must have slipped in when she had a clear out several years before. She had planned on returning them to Rita but had mislaid them.

In October 2008, Rita employs Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) to work at The Kabin, due to Norris having back problems. Norris takes an instant disliking to the situation. Later that month, Emily discovers ladies underwear in a bin bag of Norris's. Instantly suspicious, Tina and Rita confront Norris about it and ask him if he is a transvestite. He explains that he had won the underwear in a competition and that he has an addiction to competitions.

On 26 November 2008, Norris's love interest, Mary Taylor (Pattie Clare), arrives on the Street. The character is introduced for this specific storyline as Mary and Norris have an obsession with entering competitions. Mary lives with and takes care of her invalid mother and uses competitions as a way to enjoy life. Norris initially resents Mary, as she often beats him in competitions, but when they meet, they quickly become close, and Mary offers Norris one of the tickets she has won for a Cliff Richard concert. Mary begins to visit Norris more often. Norris's fellow lodger, Jed Stone (Kenneth Cope), enjoys flirting with Mary, but she only has eyes for Norris. Norris invites her to his home for Christmas.

2009—

In January 2009, Mary returns, telling Norris they'd won a motor home. Norris is pleased, but begins to be concerned about how far she wants to take their relationship. In February, in the Rovers, they say an awkward goodbye to each other, Mary is expecting a kiss or a hug from Norris, but gets nothing, leaving her surprisingly devastated.

Mary subsequently returns, with the news that her mother has died. This brings her closer to Norris, as she is able to spend more time with him, but he remains uncertain about their relationship—not least as she seems to lack any real grief at her bereavement. She then invites him to accompany her on a world cruise, as she now has the time and (inheritance) money to enjoy life for the first time. Norris agrees to the tour but in contrast to Mary's excitement, he seems nervous and at times even reluctant about the enterprise.

In April 2009, he reacts with shock to Rita's engagement to Colin Grimshaw (Edward DeSouza), and the two share a poignant moment in the Rovers. Genuinely wishing each other well, it is clear that Norris still harbours thoughts of what might have been. He is a great support to Rita when she later calls off the engagement after discovering that he fathered a child with a fourteen-year old girl.

In April 2008, Malcolm Hebden suggested to ''Coronation Street'' producers that Andrew Sachs should have a guest role in the soap playing Norris's brother, Ramsay. Writers and producers began discussions with Sachs, with a view to bringing Ramsay onto the show in 2009. Sachs had accepted the part by December 2008. Ramsay appears for three months from 15 May 2009. He turns up in Weatherfield looking to make amends with estranged brother Norris who refuses to speak to him. Norris blames Ramsay for their mother's death, stating that the shock of his reappearance in her life caused her demise. Despite Ramsay's best efforts at a reconciliation, Norris refuses to see him as anything other than an illegitimate half brother and Ramsay eventually leaves the Street to return to Australia. Norris is left reeling at the news that Ramsay has died on the flight; he had an incurable brain tumour, which he never told Norris about. Some of Ramsay's possessions are left to Norris and amongst them is a letter written by their mother, who cruelly rejected Ramsay. Norris is left devastated that he had blamed Ramsay all along.

After Ramsay's death in August 2009, Rita decides that life is too short and decides to sell up the Kabin. When Norris receives £172,000 pounds from Ramsay in his will, he buys the Kabin from Rita. In September 2009, he employs Sheila Wheeler (Janice Connolly), however, he finds her quite irritating to work with. He hires another shop assistant to replace her; Joan (Maggie Tagney), but he then finds her too quiet and boring to work with. He also hires Horace Steele (who is actually the spitting image of Norris), but he is rude to a customer so Norris gets rid of him as well.

Norris begins doing competitions with Emily's niece Freda (Ali Briggs), and they both win £1,000. They get a picture taken before splitting the money and Freda leaves the street. However, Norris' friend and old competition partner Mary reads about it and returns to the street, much to the surprise of Norris. After briefly meeting him, she goes up to Scotland, but returns a few days later. When Norris begins getting tired and needing a break, Mary suggests that she does some work in the Kabin so he can take a break.

Mary enters a competition for them and if they win, they would win a week at a cottage in the countryside. She manages to win it and persuades Norris to attend, which he later agrees to. Norris is delighted when Rita returns to the Street and offers her to work for him again at the Kabin. She also offers to look after it when he goes away with Mary.

One of the nights that Norris and Mary are at the cottage, causes Norris to realise that Mary is trying to ensure that he cannot escape, and even witnesses Mary mentioning the two of them married; a horrific thought for Norris. She then breaks his glasses, leaving him more or less housebound, as his eyesight is quite poor. He attempts to escape from the cottage but Mary tracks him down. Eventually, he contacts the Police telling them that Mary is holding him captive. No charges are brought against her, and Norris subsequently makes amends with her.

Creation and development

Background

Norris is portrayed with a camp persona. He has got into many scrapes due to his nosiness and his constant gossiping. It was due to this reputation that no one believed his suspicions about Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) being a sinister character in 2002, which ultimately proved to be true. He left the street after Derek's funeral, but returned two years later in Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox)'s shop, The Kabin, where he now works and is owner. He and Rita form the traditional shop comedy double-act. He has a big ego and an inaccurate view of his own potential.

Casting

Auditions were held for the part of Norris with actor Malcolm Hebden going on to secure the role. After leaving the series in 1997 Hebden returned to filming with the series in 1999 and has remained on the show to the present day. In 2009 it was noted that the character of Norris has become one of the shows most recognisable characters. and he also won an award for he most recognisable character

Departure and return

Norris was axed along with a lot of characters in a massive cull in 1997. However, the character was reintroduced two years later in 1999, when he had a more regular role than before.

In other media

A trailer for promotion of the Coronation Street website on ITV, which was released in July 2009 to air on television, portrays Norris Cole as James Bond, using high-tech devices to spy on many of his neighbours, in reference to his character's curiosity to know everyone's business in the street. Norris also has an official profile on the social networking website Twitter. Norris is the primary recurring antagonist in the Grand Theft Auto video game series. In Grand Theft Auto Vice City he appears as an expensive prostitute, who can only be bought when the player has gained 6 'wanted stars'.

References

External links

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