Max Rippon Explained

Max Rippon
Fullname:Maxwell George Rippon
Birth Date:11 October 1920
Birth Place:Cheltenham, Victoria
Death Date:[1]
Death Place:Parkdale, Victoria
Originalteam:Heatherton
Height:165 cm
Weight:61 kg
Statsend:1947
Years1:1943
Club1:Fitzroy
Games Goals1:2 (0)
Years2:1944
Club2:South Melbourne
Games Goals2:4 (0)
Years3:1945–1947
Club3:St Kilda
Games Goals3:41 (4)
Years4:1948
Club4:Brighton (VFA)
Games Goalstotal:47 (4)

Maxwell George Rippon (11 October 1920  - 12 July 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy, South Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Rippon was a wingman, who arrived at Fitzroy from Heatherton. He didn't have much impact in his one-season stints with Fitzroy and South Melbourne but was a regular fixture in the St Kilda team for three seasons.[2] While at St Kilda in 1945 he had a teammate, Ted Rippon, who was his uncle.[3] In 1946 he represented Victoria in an interstate fixture against South Australia. Once he left the VFL he continued his football career in the Victorian Football Association, with Brighton.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Max Rippon's grave . billiongraves.com.
  2. Web site: AFL Tables: Max Rippon . afltables.com.
  3. Book: Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. The Argus,"Carlton Man Declared North Player", 20 May 1948, p. 12