Max Rippon

Max Rippon
Personal information
Full name	Maxwell George Rippon
Date of birth	(1920-10-11)11 October 1920
Place of birth	Cheltenham, Victoria
Date of death	12 July 1985(1985-07-12) (aged 64)[1]
Place of death	Parkdale, Victoria
Original team(s)	Heatherton
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1943	Fitzroy	02 (0)
1944	South Melbourne	04 (0)
1945–1947	St Kilda	41 (4)
1948	Brighton (VFA)
Total		47 (4)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

References

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

External links

• Max Rippon's playing statistics from The VFA Project